The Surprising Mindset Shift That Transformed My Chase for Perfection into Real Progress
Andrew Huberman’s work on habit formation backs this up. He talks about how our nervous system responds to consistency, not perfection.
Your brain doesn’t care if today’s workout was your personal best. It cares that you keep showing up, because that’s how it learns what’s important.
And here’s something I found really interesting from research highlighted in Psychology Today: perfectionism is actually linked to decreased performance over time.
Why? Because the anxiety and self-criticism that come with perfectionism drain your cognitive resources.
