Ep 158: 5 Life-Changing Lessons About Perfectionism From Brené Brown

I’ve learned more lessons from Brené Brown about perfectionism than I can count. And I largely have Brené to thank for the progress I’ve made when it comes to the progress I’ve made with perfectionism. So I thought there would be no better time than now to share 5 life-changing lessons about perfectionism from Brené Brown. Tune in to hear about the huge breakthrough that Brené Brown helped me to achieve and learn why perfectionism actually hampers achievement, how perfectionism protects us from vulnerability, why perfectionism is not self-improvement, the connection between perfectionism and shame as well as why it’s so important to dare greatly. I hope you enjoy this episode on life-changing lessons about perfectionism from Brené Brown. In This Episode You’ll Learn: The life-changing breakthrough that Brené Brown helped me to achieve How perfectionism differs to healthy striving Why perfectionism hampers success The 3 tools we have in our ‘vulnerability arsenal’ The difference between perfectionism and self-improvement Why perfectionism is actually a form of shame The reason that daring greatly is the key to overcoming perfectionism Featured In The Episode: Our membership community, Perfectionists Getting Shit Done Episode 22: How Personal Development Helped Me Overcome Self-Doubt Episode 57: 7 Differences Between High Achievers And Perfectionists Episode 59: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown: Lessons + Takeaways Episode 157: How To Stop A Shame Spiral Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject