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How to Overcome Perfectionism and Stop Feeling like a Failure?
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About How to Overcome Perfectionism and Stop Feeling like a Failure?
Introduction
What is perfectionism? Part 1
What is perfectionism? Part 2. Achievements
What is perfectionism? Part 3. Worrying too much
What is perfectionism? Part 4. How does it affect us?
What is perfectionism? Part 5. The Need for Control
What is perfectionism? Part 6. General picture
Why do you think negative emotions are bad?
Why are you never satisfied?
How do you achieve your goals?
How do you behave at work? (part 1)
How do you behave at work? (part 2)
How to say “NO”
The Perfectionist’s worldview
How to deal with negative thoughts?
Checklist for challenging your thinking
Why are perfectionists harsh and unforgiving?
Is it hard for you to make a decision?
How to make a right choice?
Why are you so rigid and inflexible?
How to overcome the fear of failure?
Body image, weight loss and exercise (part 1)
Body image, weight loss and exercise (part 2)
How do perfectionist women behave at home?
Will perfectionism make you successful?
Why are the perfectionists unhappy?
How to overcome jealousy?
What are your expectations of life?
What do you expect from other people?
How to stop judging people?
What happens if you lose your job?
Why are you not pleased with yourself?
Are you a negative or a positive person?
Anxiety of public speaking
How to react to criticism and forgive?
How to accept reality and circumstances?
How to deal with grief, pain and loss?
How and why did you become a perfectionist? (part 1)
How and why did you become a perfectionist? (part 2)
How and why did you become a perfectionist (part 3)
Getting in touch with your feelings
How to overcome unpleasant thoughts and feelings?
Why do we worry so much? Mindfulness
How did your parents made you a perfectionist?
How to be a good parent – myths and truths
How to raise a non-perfectionist child?
How to stop demanding perfection?
Why do you belittle your achievements?
The words you use affect your life choices
Reaching your goals without extremities
Do you compare yourself to others?
The myth of happily ever after
Are you looking for a perfect partner?
What do you expect from your friends?
How to be assertive? Assertiveness
How to start making changes?
Being empathetic
Pretending to be happy
Conclusion
What You Will Learn?
- How to overcome the need to be the most, the first and the best of all....
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- In this course you will learn:.
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- Do you strive to be perfect? Never feeling fully satisfied with where things are now? Do you think you are not good enough, think of yourself as a loser?.
- If you want to be the most, the first and the best of all…Stop it! Perfectionism is destroying you..
- Perfectionists are highly critical of others and themselves. They strive to achieve their best performance and goals in everything they do. What they can’t accept in themselves is something they reject in others..
- They try to please others with their performance. And although it encourages them to excel, it also instills a fear of failure..
- If you strive to be perfect, you tend to compare yourself with others and often try to demean them..
- People try hard to have their lives look perfect in order to mask massive underlying issues..
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- Do any of these statements sound familiar to you?.
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- I have been told I am too judgmental, often thinking the worst of others.
- I feel that others have unrealistically high expectations of me.
- I hate asking for help, because it can be perceived as a flaw or weakness.
- I can’t stand being interrupted.
- I can’t stand it if my house/office is not organised meticulously.
- I think that others are constantly judging me and feeling dissatisfied with me..
- I get really upset when I feel criticized.
- I feel I have to do everything myself because nobody can do things properly.
- I can’t stop thinking about a mistake I made.
- It is difficult for me to delegate.
- I want something either perfect or not at all.
- I am constantly checking and rechecking work before considering it finished.
- I am careful about how I phrase things so people will like me.
- I find it very difficult to say ‘no’.
- I feel guilty if I take time for myself.
- Asking for what I want is hard for me.
- I avoid any situation which could be confrontational.
- I am reluctant to form relationships with others for fear of being rejected or looking foolish.
- I get irritated when others don’t get things right.
- When I have made a decision I often doubt my choice.
- I avoid social situations because I feel uncomfortable.
- I feel inferior to people more successful, more attractive than me.
- People will look down on me if I look foolish or make a mistake.
- I feel devastated if I make a mistake.
- I am very competitive and can’t stand doing worse than others.
- I avoid trying things I might not be good at.
- I don't want others see my imperfections.
- I worry about what people will think of me.
- I want to be thought of as a nice person.
- I am a fault-finder, I must correct other people when they are wrong.
- I find myself obsessing about the finer details of a task.
- I felt that I could never meet my parents’ expectations.
- It is hard for me to complain about a poor product or service.
- I tend to be quite critical of my family/colleagues which causes arguments and bad feelings.
- I feel anxious if I think someone might think badly of me.
- I am very self-conscious about making mistakes in front of other people.
- If I don’t do well all the time people won’t respect me.
- I hate it if I don’t get something right from the beginning.
- Every project I do has to be 100-percent perfect.
- I don’t like it when others don't do something the way I do.
- I like to be ready for everything that can happen.
- If I gain a few pounds, I will look like a pig.
- I am often tense and depressed when I need to do something.
- I can be very fixated on details.
- If people knew my true self, they would dislike me.
- If during a diet I eat one cookie, I continue to eat because I have already ruined the diet.
- I will look terrible if I wear shorts because my legs are fat.
- I often use the word “must”..
- Entertaining is good, but only after I finish all the work.
- I am never really satisfied with my work; it never feels completely finished.
- My self-confidence depends on my achievements.
- If I fail, I tend to ruminate about it over and over again..
- I can never have anyone over to dinner because my house is messy.
- It’s hard for me to finish projects because I can always do something more to improve them.
- If my report isn’t perfect, I’ll get fired.
- I’m indecisive because I’m afraid of making a mistake.
- I have to volunteer for every project.
- I have to endlessly prove my worth at work and it is exhausting.
- It is hard for me to think outside the box.
- Nobody ever appreciates me.
- Although I earn good money, I constantly think that it’s not enough.
- I want to feel and look successful, so I spend a lot of money on clothes and status items (cars, phones, etc.).
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- Perfectionists tend to be:.
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- Here are some negative effects of perfectionism:.
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- Perfectionists, despite being wealthy, healthy, famous, and gorgeous, are unhappy..
- They dismiss the good in their lives while concentrating on the bad. Although they work hard, strive to get everything done meticulously, they are people who are supposed to be successful and happy, they mostly are not. Other people consider them successful, but perfectionists see themselves as failures, and they are not quite happy..
- Perfectionism makes you stay home, not take chances, and procrastinate on projects; it makes you think your life is worse than it is; it keeps you from being yourself; it stresses you out; it tells you that good is bad..
- So let’s give up perfectionism and start living a happy life!.
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