Break free of the perfectionist cycle
What you'll learn
- Understand the roots of your perfectionist patterns, identifying the specific ways they once served you well but now limit your success and satisfaction
- Recognize your own unique perfectionist tendencies so that you can easily spot them when they make an appearance
- Practice engaging with a wide range of tools, approaches, and strategies that you can deploy in place of a perfectionist approach
- Develop the language and confidence needed to communicate with others in your life about the changes you are making
- Learn from other high-achieving individuals who are also committed to reducing patterns of perfectionism in their lives
- Experience the relief, satisfaction, pride and authentic connection that comes from breaking free from the perfectionist cycle
Requirements
- There are no prerequisites for joining the growing number of high-achievers committed to breaking free of the perfectionist cycle. If you want to deeply understand the roots of your perfectionism, feel supported in taking steps to unwind some of those perfectionist patterns, all while maintaining excellence in your work and experiencing greater satisfaction, then this course is for you.
Description
Stuck in an exhausting pattern of perfectionism? We're here to help you experience the relief, satisfaction and freedom that comes with breaking free from the perfectionist cycle.
As is the case for so many high-achievers, you likely know there was a time your perfectionist approach served you well – helping you succeed in ways that mattered to you. But like so many of us, you may be realizing that these same perfectionist patterns are now preventing you from leading the life you imagined for yourself – limiting your professional success and personal satisfaction.
The good news is that you CAN break free from this cycle. And we can help you so that you don’t have to do it alone. When you join this course, you’ll make meaningful progress in understanding your own perfectionist patterns, feel supported in your efforts to try different approaches, and experience the next-level success and satisfaction that comes with breaking free from the perfectionist cycle.
We've helped high-achievers hailing from top universities, leading tech companies, management consulting firms, and a range of other high-pressure environments. By engaging with our research-backed approach, you can experience the lasting results so many others have experienced.
Through this course, you'll have access to 8 training sessions, best consumed on a weekly basis to support lasting change. You'll be equipped with suggested strategies to try in between sessions, weekly prompts to support deeper reflection if desired, and a range of research-backed practices to integrate into daily life. As our gift to you, we've included 3 special mini-lectures and supplementary materials for those interested in even deeper learning on this topic.
With practice and commitment, it IS possible to break free of the perfectionist cycle that so many high achievers fall into over time, and we are here to support you on that journey!
Who this course is for:
- High-achievers who feel stuck in an exhausting pattern of perfectionism
- Professionals who want to experience improved performance, increased satisfaction, and greater sustainability in their jobs
- Individuals who are making a transition to managerial or leadership roles and need the skills required to more effectively inspire, delegate, and achieve results
- Successful professionals with a reputation for being reliable and conscientious but who are, underneath the surface, overwhelmed, overworked or verging on burnout
- Parents who feel stuck in exhausting cycle of trying to raise their children in the "perfect" way they had imagined
- Students or young adults who feel trapped by the weight of the impossible expectations of others
- Individuals who are working to develop more positive, trusting, and authentic relationships in their personal and professional lives
- Anyone who knows there was a time their perfectionist approach served them well but that it is now preventing them from leading the full, joyful, connected life they deeply desire
Instructor
- 5.0 Instructor Rating
- 6 Reviews
- 19 Students
- 1 Course
Ashley Carter is the Founder of Beyond Perfect, a training organization that supports high-achievers to unwind the patterns of perfectionism that are limiting their professional success and personal satisfaction.
As a result of her early education and career, Ashley understands the unique ways in which many high-achievers grapple with perfectionism. She attended college at Harvard and earned her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In addition to working in management consulting at BCG, she has spent her career founding and leading high-impact organizations.
While her perfectionism enabled many of these educational and career achievements, Ashley began to see the limits of her perfectionist approach in her 30s. She started to experience the burnout, loneliness and exhaustion that is common among perfectionists, began to see how limiting her perfectionism was to creativity and connection in her professional and personal life, and acknowledged the toll it was taking her satisfaction and on those around her. As she worked to reduce perfectionism in her own life, she experienced the relief and satisfaction of leaving behind those patterns -- and started Beyond Perfect to bring those learnings and experiences to other high-achievers.
In addition to the training programs she leads through Beyond Perfect, Ashley leads an independent management consulting firm that helps businesses and nonprofit organizations develop scalable solutions on their path to growth. She continues to serve on the board of the nonprofit organization she started in 2001, Daring Girls, which supports locally-led girls' mentoring programs across Africa. Ashley spends most of her free time with her two daughters, who continue to inspire her to do the work she does.