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How to Find a Mentor When You Are a Perfectionist
Perfectionism can sabotage your search for a mentor — and your career growth. In this episode of The Career Mentor Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore why high achievers often self-select out of mentorship before it begins. Lucas shares a study showing that perfectionists wait 47% longer to ask for help, and discusses Dr. Brené Brown's research on vulnerability as a precondition for learning. Luna pushes back on the idea that perfectionism is always a liability, pointing to a counterexample from aerospace engineering where it's actually an asset. Together they identify the specific…
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