The Surprising Mindset Shift That Transformed My Chase for Perfection into Real Progress
I see this all the time in the people I work with now: high achievers who won’t start a new habit unless they can commit to it perfectly, people who abandon entire projects because one aspect didn’t go as planned.
James Clear talks about this in his work on habit formation, and it’s something I wish I’d understood earlier: progress isn’t about perfection. It’s about repetition.
But when you’re stuck in perfectionist mode, repetition feels pointless if it’s not flawless repetition.
I remember sitting in my apartment after my doctor told me I needed to take six months off from competitive training.
