Do your worst before you do your best.
Psychotherapist Erin Tierno knows that the fear of imperfection is paralyzing for many people, and the thought of failing to meet their personal standards can disrupt their “capacity for productivity.”
Her recommendation? Imagine producing the worst version of whatever you need to produce, and work through the implications of that. This thought experiment might sound weird, but it liberates people from their fear of judgement and practices continuing on in the face of fear. “More often than not, people recognize through this exercise that they will actually be OK even if the worst really does happen and, more likely, what they’ll produce won’t even come close to their imagined worst outcome,” she says.
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