Overcoming perfectionism | Thomas Curran

Live Long and Master Aging - A podcast by HealthSpan Media

Should we be striving to live a perfect life or is it more realistic to aim for one that's "good enough?" Thomas Curran is an assistant professor of psychology at the London School of Economics and the author of The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough. He argues that a modern-day pandemic of "perfectionism" is putting people under extreme pressure to be the best they can, at everything. Prof. Curran says social pressures have resulted in us losing perspective o...

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