The difference between being a perfectionist, and being an optimalist

June 20, 2018

Transcribed from video:

– Perfect, but some things don’t need to be perfect. So, there’s a difference between perfection and optimalism. So, being an optimalist, not a perfectionist. So, this is done good enough a lot of people struggle with this in their work life. And in terms of outsourcing, “I can’t outsource this to someone cause they won’t do as good a job as me.” And that may be the truth, but some things don’t need to be done as well as you can do them. Sometimes you can outsource things and say “Okay, if this is done to 80% that is enough.” And be okay with that happening, because if you’re a perfectionist and it’s either 100% perfect or 0% and there’s no grey area in between it’s going to be really hard to be confident. If this is the only way that you can be confident anything else is a failure, anything else takes you into this really dangerous feedback loop of lack of confidence. Sometimes give yourself permission to not be perfect.

Dan Williams

Dan Williams

Founder/Director

Dan Williams is the Director of Range of Motion and leads a team of Exercise Physiologists, Sports Scientists, Physiotherapists and Coaches. He has a Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Health Science) and a Postgraduate Bachelor of Exercise Rehabilitation Science from The University of Western Australia, with minors in Biomechanics and Sport Psychology.

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