Manual № 36 · Perfectionism

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The manual for perfectionism.

Standards you chose, instead of standards that chose you.

12 modules — for the person whose standards have started running them

  1. 01High Standards, or Something Else?
  2. 02When the Standards Turn on You
  3. 03Mapping the Cycle
  4. 04What It Costs, and What You Think It Buys
  5. 05Pass or Fail: The Thinking Underneath
  6. 06Testing It Instead of Arguing With It
  1. 07Deliberate Mistakes
  2. 08Checking, Redoing, and Asking If It Is Okay
  3. 09Done Before You Start: Time-Boxing and Procrastination
  4. 10The Critic and the Coach
  5. 11Where It Lives: Work, Home, Body, and the People You Love
  6. 12Standards You Chose: Staying Well

Two editions

Themanual,orthemanualand the toolkit.

Standard edition

$39

The full program: all 12 modules, with the exercises, logs, and checklists that save as you go. Everything you need to do the work.

Elite edition · most complete

$69

Everything in Standard, plus The Toolkit, 14 techniques drawn from across the evidence base, each labeled with where it comes from, to use alongside this program rather than instead of it. With original diagrams throughout.

Start with Standard if you would rather. You can upgrade to Elite at any time for the $30 difference, and nothing you have written is lost. And once you own one manual, every other one is 20% off.

Inside The Toolkit

  1. 01The Two Questions
  2. 02From the Switch to the Dial
  3. 03The Prediction Test
  4. 04Asking the Room
  5. 05Stepping Down the Checking
  6. 06Defining Done
  7. 07The Box and the Bad First Draft
  1. 08The Friend Test
  2. 09Three Systems, and the One That Is Starved
  3. 10Unhooking From the Rule
  4. 11Standards You Chose
  5. 12Widening the Pie
  6. 13The Five-Minute Start
  7. 14The Early Signs and the Rule

Educational content — not therapy, diagnosis, or treatment, and not a substitute for a clinician when one is needed. Every manual opens with a safety page. If you are thinking about suicide, call or text 988 now.