# Perfectionism holds us back. Here's why

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@State Street Boston
- Speaker: Charly Haversat
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/charly_haversat_perfectionism_holds_us_back_here_s_why)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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?

## Lectures

1. [Perfectionism holds us back. Here's why](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/charly_haversat_perfectionism_holds_us_back_here_s_why/85450cfcf285), 9 min (TED's player)