It’s hard for teens to be happy when they’ve created a very narrow window of what defines success.
The goal of this helpful book is to encourage teens to maintain their desire to achieve without striving to always be perfect and to appreciate and love who they are just as they are, not for what they do or accomplish. Finding a balance between work and play is key. Challenging perfectionism is about the pursuit of happiness.
When teens can recognize that perfectionism is a disadvantage, they can become motivated to do something about it. For many, it may just be shifting the perfectionism a bit to land in a more positive place. It might be about deciding when and where to be slightly perfectionistic, when and where they can let go of high standards and all-or-nothing thinking, and when it’s okay to simply do a “good enough” job on something.
- ISBN10 143383703X
- ISBN13 9781433837036
- Publish Date 22 February 2022
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher American Psychological Association
- Imprint Magination Press, (American Psychological Association)
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 248
- Language English