Hacks and Hobbies with Junaid Ahmed
Oct 29, 2026 · 45 min · 12 segments
**In this episode:** - How perfectionism can lead to paralysis, overwhelm, and procrastination. - Why ADHD, emotional reactivity, and perfectionism can overlap. - How vulnerability and authenticity…
Beth CapecchiGuestJunaid AhmedHost
The first thing that comes to mind is just how they undercut themselves or, like I said, paralyze or overwhelm themselves.
And I don't think it makes them more likely to achieve what they're capable of.
I think a lot of times it shuts them down, almost like being with a critical parent.
sometimes we can become that we can continue either patterns we heard as children or from teachers or any kind of internalized messages of negativity.
And we don't realize I call it self abuse, like we are continuing that abuse inside our own head.
So I think that piece that we can have from within, from our own is like, I don't have to be perfect.
and we all have areas of genius and we all have areas of like weakness or disability.
So I think that what perfectionism does is causes people to doubt themselves, not put themselves out there and they're wasting so much potential.
And where maybe what they thought was only a 92% effort in writing a book or doing a podcast wasn't good enough.
The first thing that comes to mind is just how they undercut themselves or, like I said, paralyze or overwhelm themselves.
And I don't think it makes them more likely to achieve what they're capable of.
I think a lot of times it shuts them down, almost like being with a critical parent.
sometimes we can become that we can continue either patterns we heard as children or from teachers or any kind of internalized messages of negativity.
And we don't realize I call it self abuse, like we are continuing that abuse inside our own head.
So I think that piece that we can have from within, from our own is like, I don't have to be perfect.
and we all have areas of genius and we all have areas of like weakness or disability.
So I think that what perfectionism does is causes people to doubt themselves, not put themselves out there and they're wasting so much potential.
And where maybe what they thought was only a 92% effort in writing a book or doing a podcast wasn't good enough.
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