Breaking Up with Perfectionism WorkLife with Adam Grant

Perfectionism is on the rise–and not just in job interviews when people claim it’s their greatest weakness. But the desire to be flawless is not always productive—or healthy. As a recovering perfectionist, organizational psychologist Adam Grant dives into how he managed to abandon the quest for 10s while holding onto his drive for excellence. This is an episode of WorkLife with Adam Grant, another podcast in the TED Audio Collective. To hear more episodes, follow WorkLife wherever you're listening to this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Breaking Up with Perfectionism WorkLife with Adam Grant is an episode from Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi by TED.

This episode is 42:30 long.

This episode was published on May 3, 2022.

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