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Perfectionism holds us back. Here's why

Charly Haversat · TED

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About

If you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all? Recovering perfectionist Charly Haversat challenges our obsession with perfection in our personal lives, workplaces and beyond. Can we fight the crippling fear of failure and the unwillingness to compromise that it creates?

The talk

  1. Perfectionism holds us back. Here's why 9 min · TED's player

Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED@State Street Boston
Speaker
Charly Haversat
Year
2015
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Business and management
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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