Perfectionism holds us back. Here’s why | Charly Haversat | TED Institute @tedinstitute
Perfectionism holds us back. Here’s why | Charly Haversat | TED Institute  @tedinstitute
Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
If you can’t do it perfectly, why do it at all? Recovering perfectionist Charly Haversat challenges our obsession with perfection in our personal lives, workplaces and beyond. Can we fight the crippling fear of failure and the unwillingness to compromise that it creates?

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