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Katherine Morgan Schafler

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
381 total appearances

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Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

So intense perfectionist pros side are exactly that. They don't care so much about being liked by others, which tends to help them professionally and hurt them personally. But when you don't care so much, when you're not fixated on people liking you and winning a popularity contest, it's very easy for you to be direct. Right?

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

So intense perfectionist pros side are exactly that. They don't care so much about being liked by others, which tends to help them professionally and hurt them personally. But when you don't care so much, when you're not fixated on people liking you and winning a popularity contest, it's very easy for you to be direct. Right?

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

Often we get into like a politeness contest with people because we don't want to hurt their feelings or we don't want to be perceived in a certain way. We're focused on impression management. Intense perfectionists have no time for that. And that's really helpful in creating momentum around a project and infusing efficiency.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

Often we get into like a politeness contest with people because we don't want to hurt their feelings or we don't want to be perceived in a certain way. We're focused on impression management. Intense perfectionists have no time for that. And that's really helpful in creating momentum around a project and infusing efficiency.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

Often we get into like a politeness contest with people because we don't want to hurt their feelings or we don't want to be perceived in a certain way. We're focused on impression management. Intense perfectionists have no time for that. And that's really helpful in creating momentum around a project and infusing efficiency.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

into something and you know as you said the con side to this is that they can sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture right so an intense perfectionist might get the goal they will get the goal done but it's like at what cost and sometimes the ends don't justify the means an intense perfectionist not managing their perfectionism can forget that so it's like great you hit

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

into something and you know as you said the con side to this is that they can sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture right so an intense perfectionist might get the goal they will get the goal done but it's like at what cost and sometimes the ends don't justify the means an intense perfectionist not managing their perfectionism can forget that so it's like great you hit

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

into something and you know as you said the con side to this is that they can sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture right so an intense perfectionist might get the goal they will get the goal done but it's like at what cost and sometimes the ends don't justify the means an intense perfectionist not managing their perfectionism can forget that so it's like great you hit

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

all your Q3 goals and next quarter, half your team's gonna quit because they are all so miserable, right? Or great, everyone's at Thanksgiving on time and dressed in the clothes you wanted them to wear and the table looks beautiful and the food tastes delicious, but did you notice nobody's laughing?

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

all your Q3 goals and next quarter, half your team's gonna quit because they are all so miserable, right? Or great, everyone's at Thanksgiving on time and dressed in the clothes you wanted them to wear and the table looks beautiful and the food tastes delicious, but did you notice nobody's laughing?

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

all your Q3 goals and next quarter, half your team's gonna quit because they are all so miserable, right? Or great, everyone's at Thanksgiving on time and dressed in the clothes you wanted them to wear and the table looks beautiful and the food tastes delicious, but did you notice nobody's laughing?

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

Did you notice like you can hear forks scraping on the plates because nobody's feeling any sense of spontaneity or connection or warmth because your goal wasn't those things. Your goal was to, you know, have some kind of like concrete vision of what you think the moment is supposed to be.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

Did you notice like you can hear forks scraping on the plates because nobody's feeling any sense of spontaneity or connection or warmth because your goal wasn't those things. Your goal was to, you know, have some kind of like concrete vision of what you think the moment is supposed to be.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

Did you notice like you can hear forks scraping on the plates because nobody's feeling any sense of spontaneity or connection or warmth because your goal wasn't those things. Your goal was to, you know, have some kind of like concrete vision of what you think the moment is supposed to be.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

And so to answer your question, I mean, I'm going to bore you because it's the same answer as all the other ones, but it's, it's understand where you need help. You need help remembering that relationships matter and successful outcomes that are sustainable are built on sustainable, healthy connections with other people.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

And so to answer your question, I mean, I'm going to bore you because it's the same answer as all the other ones, but it's, it's understand where you need help. You need help remembering that relationships matter and successful outcomes that are sustainable are built on sustainable, healthy connections with other people.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

And so to answer your question, I mean, I'm going to bore you because it's the same answer as all the other ones, but it's, it's understand where you need help. You need help remembering that relationships matter and successful outcomes that are sustainable are built on sustainable, healthy connections with other people.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Passion Struck with John R. Miles
Katherine Morgan Schafler on Control, Perfectionism, and Letting Go | EP 572

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.