What If Perfectionism Isn’t a Problem?
True story: For months now, I’ve been letting AI write my podcast show notes, because I’ve been telling myself that I’m not great at writing them and a robot is better at search-engine optimization than I am.
And then when that still felt a little icky, I would remind myself that hardly anybody really reads them anyway, and it’s a lot faster than doing it myself.
But that didn’t feel especially good, either, and today – literally in the middle of recording this podcast for you – I figured out why.
I’ve been thinking about show notes from the perspective of how I’m “supposed to” write them, and what “everybody” says is the best way to do it, and whether or not the algorithm (yep, more robots!) will favor this episode.
You know what, though? F that.
MY show notes are a place where I can talk to you, directly, and let you know that this episode – in fact, this whole podcast, every episode – is for you.
And friend, it is.
This is the episode where we examine the all-or-nothing thinking that pervades the advice of mindset and productivity coaches who want to tell you that perfectionism is always wrong.
It’s not.
And I’m not taking the stand that it’s always right, either. There’s a nuance. Perfectionism *can* serve you, and inside this episode we’ll talk about when that is, how to tell the difference between “good” and “bad” perfectionism, and I have a couple of self-awareness questions you can use for yourself.
When you’re ready to explore, you know I’m here for it. Let’s go.
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I do read notes and transcripts, because sometimes I am reading and NOT listening to the podcasts and accuracy makes a huge difference. Thanks for being a perfectionist Pahla!
Thankyou! I’ve really started butting my head up against some ‘conventional wisdom’ so this was refreshing. Agree, I don’t usually go to transcripts (because podcasts are audio format but when I do it’s because I needed to check something or am reading with the audio clue so yes, accuracy is important. Show notes to me shouldn’t just rehash what was said, they should be extensions- a link to the interview/article/research behind something talked about at length, a guest bio or podcast etc. Sadly most podcasters don’t see it that way -often not even including things they say they’ll link in shownotes- but we can live in hope.
Always helpful! Thank you!