Breakdown to Breakthrough: What High Performers Don't Say on Mental Health

And it's important.

So let's talk a little bit about that.

You know, I know perfectionism is something we struggle with.

And I say we as senior leaders, you know, high performers.

Right.

We want to do it all.

We want to have it all.

We want to you know, we're often in in high profile situations.

But that pressure to be perfect can really lead to to some other issues.

So I'd love for you to talk about that a little bit.

Yeah,

absolutely.

Perfectionism can be dangerous.

And I say that partially identifying as a As a perfectionist, I've learned that delicate balance between getting things done, but not obsessively.

So, you know, it's subtle because it can, perfectionism can look like high standards and oftentimes it is having high standards, but it can also keep people stuck.

And that can be in the form of, you know, for what we do, endlessly editing a resume.

I

know you

can, we can both relate.

Over preparing for every conversation or staying in roles that are breaking the person because they're afraid of making a less than perfect move.

So, you know, perfectionism disguises itself as excellence, but underneath it often shows up as procrastination.

burnout or, you know, that analysis paralysis that a lot of people in high performers can get into.

So I think that, um, just being aware that it's, I understand that quality is very important.

I think most high performers like quality, but, um, Keep the ball moving as well.

You know, when you get to that point where we're doing okay and you're continuing to try to perfect it and getting into that zone of being less effective and being less maximizing your time and getting stuck, you want to move forward.