Change Your Perfectionist Mindset With These 8 Tips (4 of 5)

6. Set goals that are within your abilities

One of the biggest flaws of perfectionist thinking is setting goals that are nearly impossible to achieve, and then feeling inadequate because they weren’t. For instance, you might decide to set a 6 month goal for publishing a book before you’ve even written down a single word. Although it could hypothetically happen, it most likely won’t and you will therefore feel disappointed. 

Although we all want to strive to do our best, if you raise the bar too high, you might feel less motivated at the point in which you realize you won’t achieve what you want. 

7. Don’t be shy about asking for positive feedback

Perfectionists fear feedback because they’re worried about what they’ll be told. For this reason, being proactive and asking for feedback — especially as it relates to the ways in which you are doing your job well — installs confidence and allows you to maintain the positive traits based on this feedback and improve upon any negative feedback.