Perfectionism 1 - The Enemy of Good

Today we start a new series of quotes on "Perfectionism." While I'm sure I have touched on the concept of perfectionism at times in different episodes of the podcast, I don't recall ever devoting any specific episodes to the idea of perfectionism, so I thought it would be a good topic to discuss.

This is also a great topic for coaches because we all deal with "perfectionist athletes" at points in our careers, and for most of us we deal with them every season. The quotes that I will be discussing will get at the heart of perfectionism, why it can be crippling to performance, and what we can/should do about it to keep it from destroying our ability to grow and develop the best that we can.

This first quote is a fairly famous one that is most often attributed to Voltaire, but it has been tweaked and changed at times through the years. It is one that you have probably heard before, and it is a good one to kick off the series.

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