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How to be an Imperfectionist Flashcards

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How should we think about results?

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Care about putting the work in, don’t care about results

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How should I think about problems?

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Don’t care about problems, care about making progress despite them

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How should I think about what other people think?

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Don’t worry about what other people think: care about who you want to be and what you want to do

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Doing it right

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Care less about doing it right: care more about doing it at all

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Failure

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Don’t care about failure: care about success

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Timing

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Don’t care about timing: care about the task

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What are the 6 areas in which I can change what I care about?

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Results
What other people think
Doing things right
Timing
Failure
Problems
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What are the stages of the imperfect process?

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  1. Imperfect thoughts and ideas
  2. Imperfect decision
  3. Imperfect action
  4. Imperfect adaptation
  5. Imperfect, but successful result
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What is the definition of perfectionism?

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A disposition to regard anything short of perfection as unacceptable

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What are 3 downsides of perfectionism in terms of behaviour?

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It makes you 1. Stay at home 2. Not take chances 3. Procrastinate on projects.

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What are 4 wider downsides of perfectionism?

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  1. It makes you think your life is worse than it is.
  2. It keeps you from being yourself
  3. It tells you that good is bad
  4. It ignores the natural way in which things work
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What is a good metaphor for Imperfectionism?

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“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something has suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.”

  • Barbara Bloom
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What are 4 solutions to unrealistic expectations?

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  1. Choose to have high general expectations and low to no specific expectations.
  2. Decide what is “enough”
  3. Lower the bar with mini habits
  4. Focus on the process
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What are 5 solutions to rumination?

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  1. Accepting the past action
  2. Replacing the rumination action
  3. Understanding chance and failure
  4. Change you self talk (“should vs could”)
  5. Use timer hacks
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What is the accepting the past action?

What is this related to?

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For one minute, reflect on the permanent, unchangeable nature of the past.

This is a related to rumination.

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What is the replacing rumination action?

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Taking action directly against your rumination (preferably with a related mini-habit). If you’re ruminating about losing a client for your business, set out to get a new client or make one call related to that end.

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What is the understanding chance and failure action?

What is this related to?

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If you’re ruminating about a negative outcome or mistake, take one minute to determine if it was because of a chance result or failure. If it is pure failure, think of a different strategy to try. If it is pure chance, try the same strategy again as soon as you can. If it is a combination of the two, continue to try while tweaking your strategy accordingly.

This is related to rumination

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What is the change your self-talk action?

What is this related to?

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If ruminating on a topic, remove “should have” from your mind and substitute “could have” in the sense of another possible option. If not ruminating, think of the current difficulties in your life and choose to see them as challenges instead of “hard” or “difficult” situations.

Thrive on the challenge of Favela Brass.

This is related to rumination.

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What are 5 timer hacks actions?

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  1. The Countdown Starter
  2. The Decision Countdown
  3. The Focus Timer
  4. The Pomodoro Technique
  5. The Work & Play Carousel (1hr)
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What are 4 solutions for addressing needing approval?

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  1. Chemical confidence boost.
  2. Faking confidence.
  3. Changing your benchmark.
  4. Rebellion.
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What is the chemical confidence boost action?

What is it related to?

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For two minutes before any situation requiring confidence, stand in a “power pose”. In a wide stance, put your arms straight out or put your hands on your hips. Or while seated, put your hands behind your head with your elbows out.

Related to need for approval

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What is the faking confidence action?

What is it related to?

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Committing to acting confidently (even if you feel otherwise) in at least one situation per day.

Related to need for approval

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What is the change your benchmark action?

What is it related to?

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For any task that intimidades you or that you feel you don’t measure up to, lower your benchmark to something you know you can do.

Related to need for approval

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What is the rebellion action?

What is it related to?

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Perform an act of rebellion against social norms or expectations once per day.

Related to need for approval.

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What are 4 solutions related to concern over mistakes?

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  1. Accomplishment journal.
  2. Binary mindset.
  3. Easier success.
  4. Modular success.
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What is the accomplishment journal action? What is it related to?

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Decide where to write your accomplishment journal and write at least one thing you’ve accomplished (or a positive trait you have) once per day until you can’t think of any more.

Related to concern over mistakes

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What is the binary mindset action?

What is it related to?

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In an area that you fear making mistakes, create a binary perspective. Then go out to get the win! To make this a daily action, require yourself to define a binary setup applicable to your life OR to achieve a binary win that you’ve defined. You could create ideas for the first few days, and then switch to application.

Related to concern over mistakes.

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What is the easier success action?

What is it related to?

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Create and pursue daily mini habits to make daily success to easy to turn down. Make success easier than failure, and you’ll succeed.

Related to concern over mistakes.

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What is the modular success action?

What is it related to?

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When your day begins, don’t aim for success, aim for progress, and accept it in any size. Think about this idea for one minute per day.

Related to concern over mistakes.

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What are the 3 Solutions to Doubts about Actions?

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  1. Anti-projection action
  2. Faster decisions action
  3. Outcome analysis action

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