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2) The good egg
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A highly regarded professor of psychology at the London School of Economics, sharing contemporary evidence, explores how the pursuit of perfection can lead to burnout and depression and shows what we can do to resist the modern-day pressure to be perfect to led a more purposeful and contented life.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 325 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From psychotherapist Katherine Morgan Schafler, an invitation to every "recovering perfectionist" to challenge the way they look at perfectionism, and the way they look at themselves. We've been looking at perfectionism all wrong. As psychotherapist and former on-site therapist at Google Katherine Morgan Schafler argues in The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, you don't have to stop being a perfectionist to be healthy. For women who are sick...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For as long as anyone can remember, Ari has loved arranging things. From blocks to flowers to produce to unicorn toys, each arrangement feels perfect--though maybe not for everyone. But when Ari sets out to create the ultimate arrangement at the zoo, things don't go quite as planned."--
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 283 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Do you think you would be happier if only you could lose weight, be a better parent, work smarter, reduce stress, exercise more, and make better decisions? You're not perfect. But guess what? You don't have to be. All of us struggle with high expectations from time to time. But for many women, the worries can become debilitating--and often, we don't even know we're letting unrealistic expectations color our thinking. Here, health psychologist Dr....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighth-graders Evelyn and Allie are in trouble. Evelyn's constant need for perfection has blown some fuses among her robotics teammates, and she's worried nobody's taking the upcoming competition seriously. Allie is new to school, and she's had a history of short-circuiting on teachers and other kids. So when Allie is assigned to the robotics team as a last resort, all Evelyn can see is just another wrench in the works! But as Allie confronts a past...
Author
Publisher
HCI
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xii, 299 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Most people mistakenly confuse perfectionism with a healthy striving for excellence, but there is a big difference. One can lead to great achievement or great learning, by allowing us to take risks, make mistakes, and forge ahead anyway. The other is a psychological wound that invites constant comparison with others, and traps us with all-or-nothing thinking that can paralyze us in a cycle of indecision, fear, and self-loathing. In this eye-opening...
16) Jaclyn Hyde
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jaclyn Hyde is almost perfect. Whether she's baking cookies for her classmates, building a replica Mt. Vesuvius for the science fair, or practicing her lines for "Fog Island: The Musical," she almost never makes mistakes. But when she discovers the last batch of perfection potion in an abandoned laboratory, Jaclyn decides that being almost perfect isn't perfect enough anymore. But instead, she finds out that trying to be perfectly perfect isn't all...
Author
Series
Cookie chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
After getting a fortune cookie with the message, "Practice makes perfect," Ben meets new student Darby, who claims to be perfect and offers to teach Ben his secrets.
18) Lucky in love
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mira Simon has a definite idea of what her fantasy life entails: the perfect job, the perfect house and the perfect man. After a few innocent April Fool's jokes, Mira's dream life starts becoming a reality, and she soon realizes living her fantasy may not be all that it's cracked up to be.
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