Term

Perfectionism

The drive to do everything flawlessly. As the author sees it, the fear of not being good enough often hides behind it.

The Child in You: The Breakthrough Method for Bringing Out Your Authentic Self, Stefanie Stahl

Explained in

• The Child in You: The Breakthrough Method for Bringing Out Your Authentic Self, Stefanie Stahl
• Feeling Good, David Burns

  The drive to do everything flawlessly and fear of any mistake. Burns considers it one of the main obstacles to both enjoyment and work.

• The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, Jonathan Haidt

  The drive to do everything flawlessly, together with a painful reaction to any mistake or flaw in yourself.

• How to Become a People Magnet, Marc Reklau

  The drive to do everything flawlessly and to expect the same from others. Reklau considers it an enemy of good relationships.

• The Creative Act: A Way of Being, Rick Rubin

  The urge to polish a work until it is flawless. Rubin sees endless polishing as more often a fear of showing the work than a real improvement.

• Stop Checking Your Likes, Susie Moore

  The urge to do everything flawlessly or not at all. It often turns into an excuse to put off starting forever.

• Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life, Gary John Bishop

  The urge to do everything perfectly, which often makes a person put a task off or never start it at all.

• You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, Jen Sincero

  The desire to do everything flawlessly. The author believes it can become a reason to postpone starting.

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