Perfectionism Check Worksheet

Pinpoint how perfectionism shows up in your daily life and what it costs you, using a structured, coach-tested self-check worksheet.

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When to Use This Tool

A client who knows perfectionism is holding them back but hasn't examined how it operates specifically

Someone whose high standards feel like a strength until they look at what those standards cost

A professional whose perfectionism is showing up as procrastination or over-preparation

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Tool Classification

Domain

Life Coaching

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Discovery Reflection

Details

30 min Between sessions As-needed

Topics

Mindset Resilience

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1 High performer whose perfectionism is appearing as procrastination

Context

A principal software engineer delays submitting work, avoids sharing drafts, and misses deadlines while producing individually strong output. He describes it as 'not wanting to put my name on something that isn't right.' His manager describes it as a reliability problem. The perfectionism is invisible to him as perfectionism - he frames it as quality standards. The worksheet can externalize the critic and show him what's actually driving the delay.

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Give between sessions with one specific instruction: write the critic's language verbatim in the first section. 'Don't p...

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