We live in a world that exalts perfectionism and many of us are perfectionists. Many times perfectionism hinders progress, improvement, and growth. This is because when we expect things, including ourselves and the people around us, to be perfect, we snuff out the possibility of better things ahead. Award-winning author, Vironika Tugaleva, has a wonderful piece of advice for the perfectionists, myself including: 

“The most dangerous way we sabotage ourselves is by waiting for the perfect moment to begin. Nothing works perfectly the first time, or the first fifty times. Everything has a learning curve. The beginning is just that - a beginning. Surrender your desire to do it flawlessly on the first try. It's not possible. Learn to learn. Learn to fail. Learn to learn from failing. And begin today. Begin now. Stop waiting.”

In this episode, I talk to Benita Conde about why perfectionism is at best, unproductive, and at worst, dangerous. Benita offers the practice of gratitude, including building your intuition and creativity, as an antidote to perfectionism. 

About Benita

Benita Conde is the founder of Create Radical Love, LLC a life coaching and consulting approach for people who want to radically love their whole life experience, not just compartmentalized parts of it. Benita is a former professional ballet dancer, a former personal trainer, and an advertising industry expert with 20 years of experience supporting and guiding the careers of creative people. She has been on a spiritual journey her whole life and has been sober for 13 years. She now works with individuals globally as a holistic coach guiding each client to lead with intuition, to define a calling, and take action from that aligned, excited, and Infinite place across all aspects of their life experience. She has designed a unique and radically loved life with her husband and son and is thrilled to share the approach with others. 

Resources mentioned in the interview

Website: https://www.createradicallove.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benita_conde/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benita.conde.3 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benitaconde/