Brené Brown Quotes About Perfectionism

Quotes about: Perfectionism

• Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.

  Brené Brown

  Differences, Addiction, Anxiety

  "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, August 27, 2010.

• Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.

  Brené Brown

  Painful Feelings, Self, Perfect

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.111, Penguin

• Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really preventing us from taking flight.

  Brené Brown

  Thinking, Twenties, Shields

  "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, August 27, 2010.

• When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!

  Brené Brown

  Riding, Driving, Annoying

  FaceBook post by Brené Brown from Jun 13, 2013

• Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about perception - we want to be perceived as perfect. Again, this is unattainable - there is no way to control perception, regardless of how much time and energy we spend trying.

  Brené Brown

  Motivational, Self, Perfect

• Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?"

  Brené Brown

  Thinking, Self, Healthy

  "The Gifts of Imperfection". Book by Brené Brown, 2010.

• Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.

  Brené Brown

  Self, Perfect, Goal

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

• Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.

  Brené Brown

  Acceptance, Thinking, Self

  "Author Brené Brown Discusses Embracing Our Ordinariness". Interview with Martha Rosenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 21, 2011.

• Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.

  Brené Brown

  Moving, Judgement, Trying

  "Brené Brown On Why Courage, Vulnerability And Authenticity Have To Be Practiced". Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 25, 2013.

• Let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are.

  Brené Brown

  Letting Go, Thinking, Midlife

  Brené Brown (2011). “불완전함의 선물”, Cheongha/ Tsai Fong Books

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