If you have one or both sides of the “Perfectionist Habit,” you spend a lot of time analyzing and organizing and procrastinating until you are certain that everything is aligned for your success. Perfectionists fall into two categories. One type will start many things yest finish very few. This is because once started, they will only finish something if they can do it exactly right. So this type also has the “Incomplete Habit.” A flip side of the “Perfectionist Habit” is the version where they won’t event start on a project, goal, or anything if they can’t do it right. Often this might appear to be the “Procrastination Habit,” look a little closer and see that perfection is at the top of the spiral or cluster.

In Peak Life Habits and Habitually Great programs, we’ve seen this Habit cause many challenges, including:
1) Inability to settle on a mate regardless of intention/goal.
2) Consistent dissatisfaction with career, co-workers and others.
3) Either obsessive with fitness/diet or unable to find the right health regimen

Either side can be paralyzing. if you are a Perfectionist, you know that you often get stuck in the throes of this Limiting Habit. The “Perfectionist Habit” relies on the “Logic & Justify Habit” for rationalization of why something cannot be done. Yes, a bit of perfectionism in life is a good thing. Remember a Limiting Habit is caused by a pattern run amok! In this case most Perfectionist will tell you that the Habit runs them and leads to being in a perpetual state of dissatisfaction, both with their lives and with others.

PATTERN INTERRUPT PEAK LIFE HABITS:

Courage Habit, Detachment Habit, I Can Do It Habit, The Right TIme is Right Now Habit, Pattern Interrupt Habit pg 179

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