Do you secretly believe you're not “good enough” to have the life you'd love to live? Or when colleagues or friends commend you on a job well done, you feel you could have done better, or agonize over the one or two missteps you made along the way? Or deep down, you think you "fooled" them because it was just "luck", and had nothing to do with your abilities? You struggle to make critical decisions for fear of failing, making mistakes, or being judged by others. This leads to procrastination or thinking you are not motivated enough or ready for change. If you identify with the above struggles, then The Enemy of Good: How to Overcome Perfectionism, Fear of Failure, and Inaction So You Can Finally Feel Good Enough may be your step in the right direction.

As the Greek mythology figure Icarus flew too close to the sun and his wings melted, perfectionists pursue unattainable goals that result in burnout and dissatisfaction. The Enemy of Good will provide a uniquely insightful and multi-faceted approach to silence your inner critic, stop analysis paralysis, and disrupt the unending cycle of feeling anxious, depressed, and judgmental of yourself and others.

Inside The Enemy of Good, discover:

• The fallacy of perfectionism.
• The root causes of perfectionism.
• How to identify your perfectionistic tendencies.
• Ways perfectionism manifests in everyday life.
• Multidisciplinary, science-based techniques that will help retrain your brain.
• How to turn your need for perfection into a more productive, healthy, and happy lifestyle.

Even if you have tried but failed to defeat perfectionism in the past, the tools and resources in this book will never let "perfect" be the enemy of your good again.