Online: Tired of being a perfectionist?

For anyone who wants to learn how to make mistakes.

No one likes making mistakes. It becomes a different story when you strive for perfection to the extent that you don't allow yourself to make any mistakes and therefore avoid taking action altogether.

Perfectionism can go so far that it takes a toll on your self-worth. You take everything personally and feel like a complete failure when things don't go as planned. It can also hinder your work in the form of fear of failure and procrastination. Letting go and changing your mindset are the keywords to finding more peace of mind.

Theme: Personal effectiveness
Overcoming perfectionism
Reading time: 2 hours, exclusive of practice and assignments
Study time: 12 hours (estimated)
Total duration: 2-6 weeks

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Are you someone that believes setting the bar high is quite normal, but would you actually like to lower it somewhat? Are you someone that likes to organize everything down to the finest details? Preferably all by yourself, so that you can be sure things will run smoothly? Do you sometimes lose yourself in private, and work, situations as a result? If so, this learning journey is just what you need. You want to embark on this learning journey about how to overcome perfectionism because you sometimes have to cope with stressful situations just like everyone else. Situations when your feelings get the upper hand. Situations when you do not behave as you'd like, when you get angry, irritated, or just miserable. If you can't let go of the emotion, you worry, or you constantly blame yourself, you can really struggle. It demands a great deal of (negative) energy too. If this is the case, it's time to do something about it. And you can. You can take control of your emotions. Everyone experiences emotions, whether or not we're used to showing them. Do you want to feel less insecure, learn to let go and appear more self-confident? RET (Rational Effectiveness Training) is a very effective method for helping you do so.

What will I learn?
In this learning journey, you'll learn how to recognize and how to overcome perfectionism. When people strive for perfection, they're scared of making mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. It's just that one person has less of a problem with it than another. You'll learn that striving for perfection is not always something negative. Working diligently, being decisive, and daring to assume responsibility can lead to impressive performance. In addition to positive perfectionism, we distinguish between two types of adverse perfectionists: the struggling and the failing perfectionist. In both cases it's about setting the bar so high, that at a certain point you can't live up to it. Whatever you do, you're never satisfied with your results.

In this course on dealing with perfectionism, you'll learn ways of dealing with perfectionism more effectively so that it's less of a problem for you. Your uncertainty will also decrease. You'll learn to view situations systematically by gaining insight into your thoughts and their impact. The main goal of the RET method is change yourself by changing your thoughts. External influences can cause stress, but you're the most decisive factor with regard to your stress. The basic principle is: it's not the situations themselves, but the way you think about them, that determines how you feel and how you behave. You'll find out exactly how it works in this course.

What will I do?
Everyone's a perfectionist to some extent. We all have certain adverse perfectionist elements. Finding out exactly what you struggle with can help you a great deal. As soon as you know, you can also change. Real change, naturally, requires practice. That's what you're going to do in this learning journey. The more you challenge yourself and practice, the better the result. In this learning journey you'll learn to guard against the pitfalls: feeling responsible for everything and everyone, putting things off or not finishing them and feeling stressed out. You'll be practicing the RET method in 'real life', so that you'll be able to cope better with stressful situations. You'll be introduced to the basic principles, learn all about the basic emotions, and how they come into play in RET. We will also discuss the related basic terms that play a major role in practice.

During this learning journey you'll discover:

how to overcome perfectionism
how to let go of perfectionistic thoughts
the influence you have on your thoughts

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