Adam Grant on Perfectionism and Procrastination

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<p><em>New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.</em></p> <p>---</p> <p>According to guest Adam Grant, excellence does not require perfectionism, and rather than obsessing over the outcome of your work, there are better ways of measuring your own success. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>Adam Grant is a frequent flier on this show and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 5 books that have sold millions of copies and have been translated into 35 languages: <em>Think Again, Give and Take, Originals, Option B</em>, and <em>Power Moves</em>. He's an organizational psychologist who has been the top-rated professor at Wharton for seven years. He's also the host of a newish podcast, called <em>Re:Thinking with Adam Grant</em>, in addition to his other chart-topping podcast, called <em>WorkLife</em>. </p> <p><br /></p> <p>In this conversation, we talked about:</p> <ul> <li>Adam's definition of neurotic vs. normal perfectionism</li> <li>Why he thinks we're seeing a rise in perfectionism amongst younger people</li> <li>Strategies for managing perfectionism</li> <li>A different metric for measuring the quality of our work</li> <li>The importance of finding the right judges of our work</li> <li>Reimagining our relationship to failure by setting a failure budget</li> <li>The difference between procrastination vs. what he personally suffers from: "precrastination"</li> </ul> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p><br /></p> <p><strong>Full Shownotes:</strong> <a href= "https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/adam-grant-547" rel= "noopener noreferrer" target= "_blank">https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/adam-grant-547</a></p>