How to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from Perfectionism

by Stephen Guise

I’ve also noted that this mindset is rare.

It isn’t lowering your standards, it’s redefining success as progress and raising your standards for consistency.

Success is not naturally as “chunky” as society tends to make it appear. The natural identity of success is modular.

Redefine success as progress, and success will become modular. You’ll get more frequent feelings of accomplishment and create a powerful foundation that can always be added to.

If a sliver of doubt exists about doing something generally or right now, what’s the most likely response? Delay action until you’re more certain.

The problem with projection is that it’s theoretical. You can project for a lifetime, but the only way to know for sure how something will go is to try it. Once you start experimenting, you’ll find flaws in your initial projections.

Look for them, and you’ll be more likely to identify faulty projections in the future.

For the biggest impact, write down projections as you make them. Then set out to experiment, and write down the actual result. I guarantee you, it will be fascinating to compare your projections to the actual results.

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be mindful of your projections and make mental notes of how you perceive tasks in important areas of your life. If you don’t know where to begin, look for common areas of resistance such as exercise, work tasks, home chores, replying to email, reading, communicating in relationships, writing, practicing languages, or practicing instruments. Areas of resistance have the greatest potential for projection, because when you feel resistance, it means your subconscious wants something else, and it will project a biased outcome to plant a seed of doubt in your mind and get its way.