Perfectionism
Perfectionism
Meet Your Host, Alan Weiss
Alan Weiss is one of those rare people who can say he is a consultant, speaker, and author and mean it.
His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, State Street Corporation, Times Mirror Group, The Federal Reserve, The New York Times Corporation, Toyota, and over 500 other leading organizations. He has served on several boards of directors in various capacities.
His prolific publishing includes over 500 articles and 60 books, including his best-seller, Million Dollar Consulting (from McGraw-Hill) now in its 30th year and sixth edition. His newest is Your Legacy is Now: Life is not about a search for meaning but the creation of meaning (Routledge, 2021). His books have been on the curricula at Villanova, Temple University, and the Wharton School of Business, and have been translated into 15 languages.
Get to know AlanShow Notes
- The point is to live with imperfection.
- Free of mistakes, we’re free of critique and ridicule is false
- Perfectionism leads to huge stress
- It’s a fictitious expectation (dining, travel, relationships, etc.)
- We think it protects us, but it ruins us
- It’s based on the fear of being imperfect—and human!!
- Engage in vulnerable conversations and actitivies
- Accept results of a task that are “OK”
- My wife’s formula for long-term marriages
- Perfectionism assumes control you don’t have
- Why I don’t guarantee my results
- Strong esteem nullifies perfectionism
- Self-compassion, the same sensitivity you’d offer others
- My “therapy” of trains and models
- Small “chunks” of change, not mammoth ones
- At extremes we have OCD
- Experience rather than orchestrate
- Ironically, caused by not feeling worthy or good about yourself
- The critical distinction between efficacy and self-worth
Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth® is a weekly broadcast from “The Rock Star of Consulting,” Alan Weiss, who holds forth with his best (and often most contrarian) ideas about society, culture, business, and personal growth. His 60+ books in 12 languages, and his travels to, and work in, 50 countries contribute to a fascinating and often belief-challenging 20 minutes that might just change your next 20 years.
Introduction to the show recorded by Connie Dieken
