How to pronounce“perfectionism”in English

Perfectionism can't be the goal.

Perfectionism is this double-edged sword, where it has a lot of gifts that can be used for good, or, if they're reflected inward, can just destroy you.

Perfectionism for me has always been a kind of central part of what I'm struggling with.

Like perfectionism just doesn't exist.

Not perfectionism.

and perfectionism, how women really need to feel sexy in order to have sex, and a lot of desire and passion is around the woman feeling sexy,

My perfectionism became crippling.

And in all this perfectionism, two things are happening.

brought up the concept of perfectionism and kind of delving into that a little bit.

That's where a lot of the perfectionism comes from.

It's like social media exacerbates the perfectionism in me.

You talked about your veganism and your perfectionism to the state that you are now.

There's also a different type of perfectionism where you just completely avoid doing work.

and that's at odds with perfectionism because the woman has a voice in her head that's always critical of herself.

And it becomes a meditation on perfectionism.

It's often confused with perfectionism, trying to do everything incredibly always, trying to get all the gold stars.

Jennifer Brown: I think that perfectionism is gendered.

And there is absolutely rising rates of social perfectionism, which is where you feel other people want you to be.

So the other thing that intersects here is perfectionism and wanting to be good at these things.

Talk to us a little bit more about this idea of perfectionism and how it gets in the way.

And I also think that I was held back by perfectionism.

But I have found that my other problem-- which is perfectionism-- when you throw workaholism at it, the nice different split is that if you're working on 20 things,

we know that that's increasing as is perfectionism is increasing in many parts of the world.

And the important thing to understand is the perfectionism is about looking good, not doing good.

Adult onset ADD or ADHD and insomnia all sprinkled on top with a dose of perfectionism

What the research on perfectionism shows pretty consistently is perfectionists do tend to do better in school.

By the way, I thought perfectionism was going to be an asset as a diver.

I think it's really important to not let the idea of perfectionism put people off.

If you want yourself-- or if you want your daughter-- to resist perfectionism, we have to help them appreciate

I was raised by a tradition Filipino Indian family which always taught me that perfectionism and educational

You might notice your inner critic is often also for women the voice of body perfectionism or self-consciousness around our bodies.

There's an aspect of my personality that I think stems from perfectionism.

In fact, we tend to wear perfectionism as a badge of honor.

But when you send them out into the real world, there is no relationship between perfectionism and job performance and career success.

Similarly, there is a perfect love and there is perfectionism which is a barrier to love.

That was very interesting to me, because it aligned perfectionism with delusion.

Well, first of all, in terms of perfectionism, whose external standards.

maintains an active private practice where she treats women struggling with burnout, perfectionism,

So there's this expectation of perfectionism built in.

So in the Ted Talk, I'm trying to turn the perfectionism on its head.

So if you are wasting your time on things like that perfect email, then perfectionism is not a good use of your time.

So it's very fascinating to learn about this, this perfectionism.

So if you keep that in mind, you will never reach a stage of perfectionism, but maybe you can reach those milestones.

But then in person, you have to let go of the perfectionism.

And in fact, there's even evidence that shows that anxiety and persistence and perfectionism actually adds to the length of your life, believe it or not.

Now, in the academic context a lot of people call that Emersonian perfectionism, it's a kind of reliance on a self that's forever rescinding.

But it was, to deny the truth of change, to hold on to the perfect is delusion or perfectionism.

But for me, it's a huge, huge help in terms of me getting over both my procrastination and my perfectionism, because I just don't have the opportunity

And I think if you're in any marginalized group, if you're Black, Brown, POC, Indigenous, queer, like you learn that perfectionism