Release high expectations, reduce anxiety, and come to accept yourself completely as you are right now. Honor teaches us the beauty of being average through her fun and accessible writing style and practical workbook exercises.
Live with greater self confidence and energy
Reduce anxiety and self-pressure
Be the person youve always wanted to be
Loved the book! I enjoyed reading it today…
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Author : Honor Jane Newman
Genre : Self-Help
Summary : Release high expectations, reduce anxiety, and come to accept yourself completely as you are right now. Honor teaches us the beauty of being average through her fun and accessible writing style and practical workbook exercises. • Live with greater self confidence and energy • Reduce anxiety and self-pressure • Be the person you’ve always wanted to be “Loved the book! I enjoyed reading it today with cups of tea and my feet up. It’s very accessible and easy to read, as well as very insightful, helpful and practical.” —Shae M (psychologist)
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Author : John Connor
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Summary : Do you start projects that are important to you, but then abandon them? It is likely unrecognized perfectionism that is holding you back from creating art, starting your new business, writing your book, or growing spiritually. You have big dreams that you keep secret, because you don't want to be embarrassed if you fail at them. Great news! This book is for you. I will help shake you free of your procrastination paralysis, calm your inner critic into silence, and open you to become what your soul desires. You will recognize and confront your fear of making mistakes and release the creativity-killing -- but deeply held -- belief that you can't go for your goals because of the risk of not doing it "just exactly right." How? Well, I've done it. Personality profile tests showed me very high on perfectionism, and I didn't even realize it. But then I "got it" -- I understood that this unhelpful internal drive to only do things I could do easily actually stunts my willingness to work on my biggest dreams. Outside of things like math tests, "Perfect" is mostly a myth. Yet it isn't even just that. You expect to make no mistakes -- or only just a few -- on your way to doing difficult tasks: learning the piano, writing a business plan, parenting, or creating the next hit Broadway play. Cindy Wigglesworth, author, says "Well written and entertaining, this book is full of helpful advice. I recognized myself in some of the stories - and I bet you will too! Don't waste time criticizing yourself. Use your time instead reading this book and trying the tips within it!" One such tip is looking at the "Critical Voice" as opposed to the "Creative Voice." And by "Critical" in this sense, I mean "analytical." A giant step we can take out of perfectionism is to distinguish between these two abilities, and when to use them. For example, all of us are music critics. We know what we like, we know what sounds good, we know what is boring. We don't always agree exactly on those, but we know the difference between a song by The Beatles, and something done in a garage by four guys who don't know what they're doing. But what about you? What about when YOU want to write a song? You have a lifetime of critical evaluation of music. But writing it? You are just starting out. And -- surprise! -- when you are just starting at something, you suck at it. Perfectionists, though, expect to be very good at things, very quickly. And so you quit writing songs, because your critical ability to know how good a song is, is FAR more developed than your ability to actually write a good song. See what I mean? "I have lived a creative life as a singer songwriter for over fifty years. Yet, locked away inside my perfectionist heart is a restrained longing to paint and to write books. I give thanks to John Connor for his insightful and illuminating book The Straightjacket of Perfectionism - he has provided me a key to free my creative soul. I recommend this book to stymied perfectionists everywhere." - Dana Cooper Singer-Songwriter Even people who know how to write a good song -- and Dana Cooper was written many good songs -- have areas in which their perfectionism trips them up. So get The Straitjacket of Perfectionism, and come with me to get free of the trap of 'perfect', and open up to progress -- taking steps and then really taking leaps -- toward your greatest goals.
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Author : Katherine Morgan Schafler
Genre : Self-Help
Summary : 'Her book is life-changing.' GOOP 'The definitive guide for anyone who's ready to walk a crucial pathway: from the appearance of control, to the possession of a quiet power.' SUSAN CAIN 'This book will forever change the way you view perfectionism and yourself. An irresistible invitation to reclaim your natural state of wholeness, your joy and your life.' DEEPAK CHOPRA 'Gives you permission to be more in a world that's telling you to be less.' LORI GOTTLEIB 'Provocative... identifies the strategies and mindsets every high-achieving woman needs to quell her inner critic and embrace her true talents.' HOLLY WHITAKER The advice we hear on perfectionism is always the same - let go of it! Forget it! Perfectionism is bad for you. But what if we've been looking at it all wrong? What if perfectionism is your superpower? In The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler says you don't have to stop being a perfectionist to be happy and fulfilled. Her smart, witty book is a new approach for women who are over the generic advice to 'find balance'. Morgan Schafler's book identifies five distinct types of perfectionist - Classic, Parisian, Messy, Intense, and Procrastinating. As you identify your unique perfectionist profile, you'll learn how to manage each form of perfectionism to work for you, not against you. Beyond managing it, you'll learn how to embrace and even enjoy your perfectionism. Yes, enjoy! With handy self-assessments and actionable advice tailored to the unique needs of each perfectionist type, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control is the game-changing companion for women who dare to want more out of life.
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Author : Rachel Aaron
Genre : Creative writing
Summary : "I loved this book! So helpful!" -- Courtney Milan, New York Times Best Selling author of The Governess Affair "Have you ever wanted to double your daily word counts? Do you feel like you're crawling through your story, struggling for each paragraph? Would you like to get more words every day without increasing the time you spend writing or sacrificing quality? It's not impossible, it's not even that hard. This is the story of how, with a few simple changes, I boosted my daily writing from 2000 words to over 10k a day, and how you can, too." Expanding on her highly successful process for doubling daily word counts, this book--a combination of reworked blog posts and new material--offers practical writing advice for anyone who's ever longed to increase their daily writing output. In addition to updated information for Rachel's popular 2k to 10k writing efficiency process, 5 step plotting method, and easy editing tips, this new book includes chapters on creating characters that write their own stories, story structure, and learning to love your daily writing. Full of easy to follow, practical advice from a commercial author who doesn't eat if she doesn't produce good books on a regular basis, 2k to 10k focuses not just on writing faster, but writing better, and having more fun while you do it. *New for Fall 2013! This Revised Edition includes updates and corrections for all chapters!*
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Author : Steven Schuster
Genre : Self-Help
Summary : Are you too stressed, anxious, or paralyzed to even get started?Are your perfectionist tendencies preventing you from the life you want? If you constantly feel like crumbling under the mountains of expectations placed on you by yourself and others, you've got a serious problem that is keeping you from happiness and fulfillment. Perfection is an illusion. Social media sells us the idea of perfection, and what, when and how should we achieve. This is enough to trigger a deep sense of inadequacy in us. Will we ever be enough? Perfectionism cripples the mind, kills creativity, and harms performance. -What are the main types of perfectionism? -Learn simple techniques to act confidently. -When can perfectionism be useful? -What signs indicate that you're a perfectionist? I'm a recovering perfectionist. As a teacher, I had to keep myself to high standards for the sake of my students. But this often came with sleepless nights and more stress than necessary. I have been studying the topic of perfectionism for many years. I summarized the best tips, practices, and stories I have learned along the way to ditch this unhealthy habit. While learning to overcome perfectionist instincts helps your life a lot, it won't solve all your problems in life. A perfectionism-free life is far from perfect but you won't mind having bumps in the road. You won't aim for a perfect life anymore. Rather enjoy what life has to offer, learn, and grow. Imagine a life where: -Your inner critic will stay silent. -You won't be fearful of taking action and failing. -You can jump into things without overanalyzing them. -You can be confident about your abilities without being terrified about the outcome? The Perfection Trap is a unique guide which will help you feel truly understood in your perfectionism problem (remember, I am a recovering perfectionist, too). It gives you a profound understanding of the pitfalls of this condition and recommends exercises that are easily doable and highly effective. After reading this book, overcoming perfectionism will be the only option you'll see, and you'll have all the stress-free tools to eat it. After all, the least I wish to convey is how to defeat perfectionism... perfectly. You are the creator of your own limits. You inject in your bloodstream those paralyzing expectations. Even the expectations of others are fabricated in your own mind most of the time. The Perfection Trapwill help you how to overcome these unhealthy habits: -Discover your main reasons to pursue perfection and learn how to change these beliefs. -Learn to take risks. -Ditch your limiting, negative self-talk, once and for all. -Learn the best anti-procrastination techniques. -Learn to set realistic expectations and goals. -Find our about a set of special exercises to change your perfectionist habits. -Test your level of perfectionism. Don't let your unrealistic expectations ruin your personal and professional growth and happiness. Allow yourself the luxury of making mistakes. Learn. Laugh. Live. Mess things up, and then fix them. Embrace being a human who naturally errs. There is no shame in imperfection. But it's a shame to waste your life chasing the illusion of perfection.
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Author : Iddo Landau
Genre : Philosophy
Summary : Does life have meaning? Is it possible for life to be meaningful when the world is filled with suffering and when so much depends merely upon chance? Even if there is meaning, is there enough to justify living? These questions are difficult to resolve. There are times in which we face the mundane, the illogically cruel, and the tragic, which leave us to question the value of our lives. However, Iddo Landau argues, our lives often are, or could be made, meaningfulwe've just been setting the bar too high for evaluating what meaning there is. When it comes to meaning in life, Landau explains, we have let perfect become the enemy of the good. We have failed to find life perfectly meaningful, and therefore have failed to see any meaning in our lives. We must attune ourselves to enhancing and appreciating the meaning in our lives, and Landau shows us how to do that. In this warmly written book, rich with examples from the author's life, film, literature, and history, Landau offers new theories and practical advice that awaken us to the meaning already present in our lives and demonstrates how we can enhance it. He confronts prevailing nihilist ideas that undermine our existence, and the questions that dog us no matter what we believe. While exposing the weaknesses of ideas that lead many to despair, he builds a strong case for maintaining more hope. Along the way, he faces provocative questions: Would we choose to live forever if we could? Does death render life meaningless? If we examine it in the context of the immensity of the whole universe, can we consider life meaningful? If we feel empty once we achieve our goals, and the pursuit of these goals is what gives us a sense of meaning, then what can we do? Finding Meaning in an Imperfect World is likely to alter the way you understand your life.
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Author : Marcus Buckingham
Genre : Business & Economics
Summary : Drawing on a wide body of research, including extensive in-depth interviews, THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW reveals the central insights that lie at the core of: Great Managing, Great Leadership and Great Careers. Buckingham uses a wealth of relevant examples to reveal that at the heart of each insight lies a controlling insight. Lose sight of this 'one thing' and all of your best efforts at managing, leading, or individual achievement will be diminished. For great managing, the controlling insight has less to do with fairness, or team building, or clear expectations (although all are important). Rather, the one thing great managers know is the need to discover and then capitalize on what is unique about each person. For leadership, the controlling insight is the opposite - discover and capitalize on what is universal to all your people, regardless of differences in personality, race, sex, or age. For sustained individual success, the controlling insight is the need to discover what you don't like doing, and know how and when to stop doing it. In every way a groundbreaking work, THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW offers crucial performance and career lessons for business people at every level.