Oh, the irony. It’s Monday morning. I need to get this podcast out for a Thursday release, and here I sit, struggling to write the show notes.
Why? Because I want them to be perfect.
I want to nail the intro to make it more compelling. I want to create an excerpt that will attract some love from Google. Most of all, I want you to be informed, inspired, and (hopefully) entertained.
It’s a lot to ask. Meanwhile, the perfectionist that lives in my head is loudly proclaiming I’ve missed the mark at every turn.
“Don’t use first person. This isn’t about you.”
“Are you sure you want to use that title?”
“There’s probably a better image you could use.”
Maybe you can relate. I’ve seen coaching clients and friends delay product launches, book releases, and even something as simple as sending an email, all because it wasn’t quite good enough yet.
On the surface, being a perfectionist seems like a benefit. No one wants to put shoddy work out into the world. The problems start when you allow perfectionism to get in the way of progress. When you talk yourself out of taking action because you know it won’t be perfect. When you convince yourself that another week (or month or year) is all you need to really nail it.
When you’re so afraid of making a mistake, that you don’t move forward at all.
In this episode of the Tiny Course Empire Podcast, I’m offering some practical advice to help you silence your inner perfectionist and get on with the work you want to do.
Igor Mihajlović Bucin edits this podcast and makes me sound good even when I turn in B-plus work.
Gina Koran makes machine transcriptions look better than they deserve.
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I absolutely love this episode and it resonates. Perfectionism has caused me to miss so many deadlines. The fear of failure makes me fail. Fantastic advice to be consistantly good enough than occasionally perfect.
I really needed to hear this podcast. I starred this in my email when I first saw it and knew that I needed this. Thank you for the links to the books because I will be reading them. I have created so many products and I have so many ideas and my fear of putting them out there had me paralyzed. I did jump the gun but the backlash in my head was crazy. So I am in this cycle of horror now. My website is waiting to be finished and the list is just growing.
I absolutely love this episode and it resonates. Perfectionism has caused me to miss so many deadlines. The fear of failure makes me fail. Fantastic advice to be consistantly good enough than occasionally perfect.
Yes! Consistently good is way better than occasionally perfect!
I really needed to hear this podcast. I starred this in my email when I first saw it and knew that I needed this. Thank you for the links to the books because I will be reading them. I have created so many products and I have so many ideas and my fear of putting them out there had me paralyzed. I did jump the gun but the backlash in my head was crazy. So I am in this cycle of horror now. My website is waiting to be finished and the list is just growing.
I’m glad it was helpful Sharon!