25 min listen
How to escape the perfection trap
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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Nov 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
“I remember I wrote 500 words of my thesis on Christmas Day. I was really proud of that at the time.”Dr Thomas Curran is bruised from the perfection trap but he slowly made his way out of it. But how did he do it?He shares insights from his own experience, unpacks why perfectionism is on the rise, what it can look like at work, and how you can move away from perfectionist tendencies yourself.
Released:
Nov 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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