The Perfectionism Project

One of my biggest productivity secrets is clean rest.

Clean rest is resting without feeling guilty. Adding clean rest to your calendar is one of the 10 steps of Power Planning for good reason…

• It creates room for ideas and clarity
• It reduces the desire to procrastinate (especially revenge bedtime procrastination)
• It brings the joy and fun back into your business
• It means there's less time for busywork and productive procrastination
• It makes it easier to feel courageous and confident

It's normal to feel resistant to clean rest, even when you know it's good for you. In this episode I'm sharing how to overcome your resistance to resting, what activities count as clean rest and more.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• What clean rest is and why you might feel resistant to it
• How much clean rest to add to your week
• What to do if you don't feel like you have enough time to rest
• How to tell whether something is clean rest or sneaky productivity

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• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• Sign up for FREE daily Perfectionist Power-Ups - https://samlaurabrown.com/power
• Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject
• Episode 101: How To Rest Without Guilt

There's a lot of advice out there about how to stop scrolling on social media. And if it hasn't been working for you, this episode will help you understand why and what to do instead.

I'm not perfect and definitely have my moments when it comes to social media - but I scroll significantly less than I used to and the advice I share in this episode is why. If you're a perfect

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• Why perfectionists struggle to stop scrolling social media
• 3 things you need to know before you try to stop scrolling
• 5 uncommon pieces of advice that will help you stop scrolling
• Why deleting social media apps won't make you less addicted to social media
• Practical things I do to make it easy to scroll social media less often.

Featured In The Episode:

• Episode 269 - 4 Secrets To Easy Content Creation
• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• Sign up for FREE daily Perfectionist Power-Ups - https://samlaurabrown.com/power
• Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject

In this episode I'm going to share 12 simple changes I made to my daily work habits that have allowed my business to grow.

These are changes that I have made over the last three years. Some of these have been made in the last months and others I have been practicing for years.

Upon reflection, these have been some of the daily work habits that really allowed my business to take off. These habits have allowed me to be able to go full-time in my business, to grow my team, to impact thousands of perfectionists and create the potential to impact even more perfectionists in the future.

I want you to be helped by this episode so be sure to think about your daily work habits and what you can implement into your daily work lifestyle. Tune in and let's get started!

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• How I structure my work day so that I can get more done in less time
• Simple things I do that stop me from falling off the wagon
• Why I stopped saying 'yes' to everyone else's demands on my time
• A free iPhone trick that helps me to be more productive

Featured In The Episode:

• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• FREE Perfectionist Power-Up - https://samlaurabrown.com/power
• Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject

In this episode I'm going to be sharing with you three secrets to confidently promoting yourself and your business.

These are going to be really helpful to you, especially if your perfectionism handbrake has been on. If your perfectionism handbrake is on, this means that you have been getting in your own way and you've also been struggling to put yourself out there confidently due to fear of judgement.

Maybe you've been in the all-or-nothing mindset where you feel like you need to show up perfectly or not at all. But when it comes to showing up and confidently and promoting yourself and your business, you'll need to release that perfectionism handbrake to keep going.

Listen to today's episode to find out my 3 secrets for confidently promoting yourself and your business.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• The real reason you haven't been able to confidently put yourself out there
• The common confidence advice that doesn't work
• Why testimonials and paying customers won't make you feel more confident
• The 3 things you can focus on to solve all of your marketing problems

Featured In The Episode:

• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• FREE Perfectionist Power-Up - https://samlaurabrown.com/power
• Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject

In today's episode I'm going to be sharing 5 life-changing lessons about perfectionism from Carol Dweck.

I've actually been planning to record this episode for a long amount of time, but ironically, I was worried I wouldn't be able to do Carol's teaching enough justice.

Carol Dweck has been someone influential in my understanding of perfectionism and my perfectionism handbrake. She's helped me identify what it looks like to get out of the perfectionism mindset. And alongside Brené Brown, the two have taught me life changing lessons about perfectionism.

Tune into today's episode as I share 5-life changing lessons about perfectionism that I learned from Carol Dweck.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• Why Carol Dweck has been so influential on my perfectionism journey
• What the fixed and growth mindset have to do with perfectionism
• Why I incorrectly thought that I had a growth mindset
• The truth about being willing to fail your way to success

Featured In The Episode:

• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject
• Mindset by Carol Dweck
• Carol Dweck interview with Tom Bilyeu
• Carol Dweck on Perfectionism (starts 40 seconds in)
• Episode 41: My Fitness Journey + How I Created A Growth Mindset
• Episode 158: 5 Life-Changing Lessons About Perfectionism From Brené Brown

In today's episode I want to share an idea with you that'll help you release your perfectionism handbrake and help you get out of your own way in your business.

This is something that I don't hear talked about very much and I wanted to bring it to your attention.

There's a lot of talk in the entrepreneurship world around "being your own boss". And the messaging we're fed is that if you could just be your own boss then everything would be better.

But what happens when you become your own boss and you have your perfectionism handbrake on?

Tune into today's episode to learn how you can work on turning your perfectionism handbrake off to become your own best boss. Because when you're the kind of boss that you want to work for now, the more quickly you'll achieve your goals and beyond.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• Why you might unintentionally become the worst boss you've ever had
• The two hats that you wear when you're building your business
• How the PGSD Process will help you to become a more empowering boss
• Questions you need to ask yourself so you can be your own dream employee

Featured In The Episode:

• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject

In today's episode I want to talk to you about the hidden ways your to-do list is making you less productive.

As perfectionists we are huge lovers of to-do lists. We think, "the longer the list, the better" and we love that feeling when you tick off the items on your to-do list.

But your to-do list is making you less productive than you could otherwise be.

Listen to today's episode to get productivity tips that actually work for perfectionists. You'll learn to start releasing your perfectionism handbrake so you can say hello to productivity without the burnout.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• Why perfectionists love to-do lists so much
• What procrasti-planning is and how to identify whether you're doing it
• How to-do lists make it easy to make the biggest productivity mistakes
• The truth about whether your to-do list helps you to feel accomplished
• Practical changes you can make to the way you plan

Featured In The Episode:

• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject

In today's episode I'm sharing 3 practical ways to earn your own trust.

Earning your own trust is a very important topic when it comes to perfectionism and especially when it comes to owning a business. When your perfectionism handbrake is on, you'll tend to show up in a way and approach your business in a way that depletes your self-trust rather than fortifying it.

You may notice you begin to set small goals so you can't let yourself down. But those same small goals aren't letting you develop the trust that you need to actually achieve things. And then you end up creating plans that you don't follow through with because you're in your own way.

There are so many ways that self-trust comes up in business. And lack of self-trust can become a big problem. This is why you need to work on earning our self-trust back.

If you can relate, don't miss this opportunity to learn 3 practical ways to earn your own trust.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• The most telling signs that you're lacking self-trust
• What causes perfectionists not to trust themselves
• The hidden reason that following through with your plans is so important
• What happens to your self-trust when you're indecisive

Featured In The Episode:

• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject
• Episode 199: Beating Yourself Up Versus Holding Yourself Accountable
• Episode 103: How To Escape Indecision Fatigue

In this episode I want to talk about 10 habits that are keeping you overwhelmed.

When your perfectionism handbrake is on, overwhelm is something that keeps coming up.

Inside of our group coaching program, Perfectionists Getting Shit Done, we teach overcoming overwhelm in our productivity phase of the PGSD Process. We do this because overwhelm is often something that stops perfectionists from being productive.

Once you've learned to plan in a way that releases your perfectionism handbrake, the next step is to focus on your productivity. We want to make sure that your perfectionism handbrake doesn't come on in the form of overwhelm, procrastination and burnout when you're learning how to be productive as a perfectionist..

Tune into this episode and reflect upon whether you're practicing any of these habits that are keeping you overwhelmed.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• The truth about to-do lists and overwhelm
• The seemingly inconsequential habits that are causing the most overwhelm
• What to do when you identify a habit that is keeping you overwhelmed
• Practical things I'm doing to change the habits that make me overwhelmed

Featured In The Episode:

• Join our - FREE 5-Day Stop Overthinking Challenge
• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• Follow me on Instagram @perfectionismproject
• Episode 271: 5 Reasons You Always Feel Overwhelmed
• Episode 103: How To Escape Indecision Fatigue

When I was getting started in my business something that really helped me was going back to the beginning of other people's businesses that I admired and seeing where they started.

When your perfectionism handbrake is on, you don't want to evolve publicly. You want to evolve in private and come out to the world as this perfect person. And then you want to continue to be a perfect person.

But by seeing other entrepreneurs' journeys, it really was empowering to be able to evolve and grow and change in public. I was also able to learn all of these lessons that I'm sharing with you today.

Tune into today's episode because I'm sharing 8 lessons from 8 years in business. And you're not going to want to skip this episode.

In This Episode You'll Learn:

• How I found the courage to start my business amidst extreme self-doubt
• Why hitting your next business milestone won't make you more confident + what will
• The most counter-intuitive lesson I learned about succeeding in business
• How my business has evolved over the last 8 years

Featured In The Episode:

• Join our - FREE 5-Day Stop Overthinking Challenge
• Join the PGSD waitlist - samlaurabrown.com/pgsd
• Follow me on Instagram @samlaurabrown
• Episode 1: Welcome To My Podcast + My Story (So Far!)
• Episode 3: Blogging, Self-Doubt + How To Get Started
• Episode 105: What A Six Figure Business *Really* Feels Like
• Episode 125: How I Transitioned From Full-Time Work To Full-Time Entrepreneurship