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Here’s a Mental Hack for the Stressed-Out Perfectionist

Take the dare, and the results might surprise you.

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3 years ago

August 30, 2021

Big Picture Staff BIG PICTURE September 2021 Issue

Try to Be Average

If you suffer from perfectionism, or even just stress-causing high-standards, the cognitive therapist David Burns urges you try this for a day: Try to be normal. “I dare you to try to be ‘average,’” he writes in his bestseller Feeling Good. “Does the prospect seem blah and boring? … I predict two things will happen. First, you won’t be particularly successful at being ‘average.’ Second, in spite of this, you will receive substantial satisfaction from what you do. More than usual.”

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