Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Growth mindset is everywhere — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, nonstop. It’s stopped being advice and started being the default way we explain life. One tiny problem: it doesn’t actually work.
Dr Thomas Curran is a BPS chartered psychologist and a world-leading expert on perfectionism. In 2018, he gave a TEDMED talk entitled ''Our Dangerous Obsession with Perfectionism is Getting Worse'' and in 2023 he published his debut book, "The Perfection Trap".
Growth mindset is everywhere — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, nonstop. It’s stopped being advice and started being the default way we explain life. One tiny problem: it doesn’t actually work.
Dr Thomas Curran is a BPS chartered psychologist and a world-leading expert on perfectionism. In 2018, he gave a TEDMED talk entitled ''Our Dangerous Obsession with Perfectionism is Getting Worse'' and in 2023 he published his debut book, "The Perfection Trap".
