Your perfectionism isn't a problem — if you know how to use it

Aug 18, 2026 · 21 min

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0:16Would you call yourself a perfectionist?

0:20It depends what we're talking about.

0:22You know, it takes me a thousand years to write things, and I don't ever want to show you my car.

0:26My car is a hazard.

0:28Oh, that's funny.

0:28So, like, opposite extremes.

0:30Yes.

0:30Yeah.

0:31It depends.

0:32It depends is the answer.

0:33What about you?

0:34No, I definitely feel like I am one, have always been one.

0:38And I'm trying to get better at that, which is kind of funny, right?

0:42Because I'm even a perfectionist about being a perfectionist.

0:47You're trying to get better at it.

0:48Yeah, like it's like there's something wrong with it.

0:51People talk about perfectionism like it's a character flaw or something you need to be cured of.

0:56And I guess I've taken that on myself.

0:59I've absorbed that idea.

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