Perfectionism Is Not a Virtue, It's a Handbrake

Thomas Curran and Andrew Hill's meta-analysis of 41,000 students reveals perfectionism's quiet epidemic: socially prescribed perfectionism rose 33 percent between 1989 and 2016. The imaginary jury now lives in your pocket. Drawing on Hewitt and Flett's three-faced model, this book dismantles the job-interview humble brag and exposes the real equation: worth tied to performance. The antidote isn't lowering standards but separating perfectionistic strivings from perfectionistic concerns, then deploying the deliberate B-plus draft and the time box.

You'll learn:

- Why the bar you're chasing belongs to no one

- How to define "good enough" before you start

- The exposure exercise that dissolves the imaginary jury