Perfection can never be reached — it just wears you down: what if growing mattered more than being "perfect"?
Accept your imperfection. Free yourself from the pressure you put on yourself and others. Find drivers within you other than the relentless pursuit of perfection.
25 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites
You will walk away with
- a way of seeing perfection as an endless elevator
- alternative drivers to the relentless pursuit of perfection
- kintsugi and other proof that imperfection creates beauty
Target audience
Anyone looking to improve their quality of life and relationships
Learning objectives
- Recognize that everyone has their own definition of and belief in perfection, where society and philosophy diverge.
- Understand how the pursuit of perfection is often tied to personal values and quests that aren't always well-calibrated.
- Realize that the ideal of perfection is unattainable and breeds dissatisfaction.
- Accept your own imperfection to be more open and compassionate toward others'.
Module outline
- Storytelling“The Cracked Pot”1'29A touching, symbolic story about accepting our imperfections and their unsuspected value
- Articles
- The dissonance between society and philosophy
- Mass consciousness and its demands for perfection
- When imperfection creates beauty: inspiring examples (kintsugi, pearls, Zen gardens, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Art Brut)
- Expert video“Embracing Your Imperfection”10'59Perfection as an endless elevator, and choosing to embrace our imperfection
- AnchoringQuizzes and true/false questions to dive deeper into the topic and lock in what you've learned
- Memo cardA downloadable coaching memo card: the key points from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
