Overcoming the Fear of Making Mistakes at Work

Entrepreneurship Archives - Dale Callahan · Oct 16, 2018

Do you have a fear of making mistakes at work? I was talking to a friend not long ago who happens to be a counselor. I was unloading to him about work issues – I forget the details – and he called me a perfectionist.

Have you ever been told that you are a perfectionist? Do you think you are a perfectionist? No?

Me either. But maybe we need a closer look. What are the implications of being a perfectionist?

When he called me a perfectionist, I laughed and told him I was anything but.

All my work was not good enough.

My work at the university was just OK.

My work with my clients was…