Continuum of Effort and Commitment

By Jane BluesteinJuly 10, 2016July 10, 2016 Learning and perfectionism commitment, discouragement, fear of failure, helplessness, indifferent learner, mastery, parenting, perfectionism, persistence, teaching

Look at the rangeâ€”from indifference to masteryâ€”and see where you or your children (or students) fall along the continuum. Also consider whereÂ youÂ fall for certain tasks. Mastery Competent. Likely to be striving for continual growth in that area or related areas, OR ready to move on to the next challenge Sticking with it Efforts to complete…

Interview Questions: The Perfection Deception

By Jane BluesteinJune 23, 2016July 10, 2016 Media resources advertising, all-or-nothing thinking, anxiety, authenticity, body dysmorphia, conditional approval, coping with perfectionism, fear and perfectionism, fear of abandonment, fear of failure, fear of intimacy, fear of rejection, getting real, good enough, handling mistakes, healing perfectionism, healthy striving for excellence, impact on mental health, impact on physical health, influence of ads, interview questions, making mistakes, media messages, overcommitting, overcorrecting, overprotective parents, parental enmeshment, parental neglect, perfection deception, perfectionism, procrastination, rebounding from failure, relationships with perfectionists, resiliency, stress, suicide, unrealistic expectations, vulnerability to ad messages Leave a comment

The following questions aboutÂ The Perfection DeceptionÂ have been provided to help guide your interview. Please feel free to ask any questions the book or topic inspires. In a live interview, Dr. Bluesteinâ€™s responses may not match the answers provided below. 1. At the beginning of the book you mention that you had several people asking you,…