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The perfection trap : embracing the power of good enough / Thomas Curran.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Scribner, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First Scribner hardcover editionDescription: vii, 279 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781982149536
  • 1982149531
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Contents:
Prologue -- Part one: What is perfectionism? Our favorite flaw -- Tell me I'm enough -- Part two: What does perfectionism do to us? What doesn't kill you -- I started something I couldn't finish -- The hidden epidemic -- Part three: Where does perfectionism come from? Some perfectionists are bigger than others -- Part four: How can we embrace imperfection in the republic of good enough? Accept yourself -- Postscript for a post-perfectionism society.
Summary: A highly regarded professor of psychology at the London School of Economics, sharing contemporary evidence, explores how the pursuit of perfection can lead to burnout and depression and shows what we can do to resist the modern-day pressure to be perfect to led a more purposeful and contented life.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Offers a hopeful beacon and a steady path for anyone struggling to find their footing in a world of impossible standards." --Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive and The Power of Regret

In the tradition of Brené Brown's bestseller The Gifts of Imperfection , this illuminating book by an acclaimed professor at the London School of Economics explores how the pursuit of perfection can become a dangerous obsession that leads to burnout and depression--keeping us from achieving our goals.

Today, burnout and depression are at record levels, driven by a combination of intense workplace competition, oppressively ubiquitous social media encouraging comparisons with others, the quest for elite credentials, and helicopter parenting. Society continually broadcasts the need to want more, and to be perfect.

Gathering a wide range of contemporary evidence, Curran offers "a clear-eyed look at how perfectionism and its capitalistic 'obsession with boundless growth' has contributed to mass discontent and insecurity" ( Publishers Weekly ). He shows what we can do as individuals to resist the modern-day pressure to be perfect, and in so doing, win for ourselves a more purposeful and contented life.

Filled with "many useful lessons and valuable insights...This book offers an alternative path to a fulfilling, productive life" ( Kirkus Reviews ) and the relief of letting go to focus on what matters most.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-266) and index.

Prologue -- Part one: What is perfectionism? Our favorite flaw -- Tell me I'm enough -- Part two: What does perfectionism do to us? What doesn't kill you -- I started something I couldn't finish -- The hidden epidemic -- Part three: Where does perfectionism come from? Some perfectionists are bigger than others -- Part four: How can we embrace imperfection in the republic of good enough? Accept yourself -- Postscript for a post-perfectionism society.

A highly regarded professor of psychology at the London School of Economics, sharing contemporary evidence, explores how the pursuit of perfection can lead to burnout and depression and shows what we can do to resist the modern-day pressure to be perfect to led a more purposeful and contented life.

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