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The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

How to Fight Perfectionism

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.714.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Holding yourself to impossibly high standards is self-defeating and makes for a miserable life. Can Dr Laurie Santos find ways to tackle her constant perfectionism so she can perform better and have more fun?

She hears from researcher Thomas Curran about a worrying growth in perfectionism in society, and asks "recovering perfectionist" Jordana Confino how to tackle the nagging voice in your head telling you to always push yourself and work harder.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Jessica St Clair, but you can call me Jess if you're nasty.

0:05.0

And I'm Dame Casey Wilson.

0:08.0

We are actors, comedians, and podcast tours.

0:11.0

But above all else, we are self-appointed masters of small talk.

0:16.0

We have written a soon-to-be Nobel Prize winning audio book that will surely change the course of

0:21.4

history called The Art of small talk.

0:24.0

Now it's no secret that some people don't like small talk.

0:27.5

Don't like it. Casey, everybody hates it.

0:30.0

Except for us, we love to chit-chat bullshat and that's why we wrote this book.

0:34.6

Well, it's an audio book. You're welcome. Who has the time to read?

0:38.1

Not me. There will be research, but not too much, because what is this a book report we'll also hear from learned

0:44.8

scholars like Malcolm Gladwell and from the most important people in the world

0:49.3

celebs like Amy Polar Tony Hale Hale, June, Diane Rayfield, and Colin Quinn.

0:55.0

You can grab your copy of The Art of Small Talk today at Pushkin.

0:59.0

F.M. slash Small Talk or wherever you get your audio books.

1:02.0

Don't forget, you can listen with your audible and... Small Talk or wherever you get your audio books.

1:02.6

Don't forget, you can listen with your audible and Spotify memberships to,

1:06.8

the art of Small Talk.

1:08.4

How to go shallow to go deep.

1:13.0

Pushkin. As a happiness expert, I'm used to speaking pretty openly about my own well-being.

1:30.0

I often field questions about my mental health from journalists, fellow podcast hosts, and fans just like you.

1:36.0

I'm happy to share the things that I use to improve my well-being,

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