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Dec 2020
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166. Perfectionism & Achieving Impossibl...

KARA LOEWENTHEIL
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Are you a perfectionist who wants to do something big? Most of the tools life coaches use to help their clients go after big goals don’t take perfectionist thought patterns into account, which sets you up to fail before you’ve even started. Tune into today’s episode to learn how to work WITH your brain and blow your f*cking mind.

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