The Perfectionist’s Guide to Knowing When It’s Good Enough

Simple Strategies to Help You Stop Overanalyzing, Focus on What Truly Matters, Move On to the Next Step, and Actually Get Things Done

By: Spencer Foster

Narrated by: Riles August Holiday

Who doesn’t love the feeling of perfection? But are those brief moments of relief worth the agony and suffering caused by chasing the impossible?

You wake up each morning and check out what’s on the to-do list for the day. Let’s face it… it’s a perfect list, balanced with things you want to do and have to do and just the right number of tasks to keep you busy but not stressed!

Task number 1 is to clean the windows. Naturally, the first window is cleaned to perfection. The second window is done and you marvel at how well your list is going. But hang on… there is a streak!

Each wipe of the window reduces the streak until it is so small that nobody would notice it — however, you know it’s there and it drives you crazy. This may not sound like much until it happens with everything you attempt to do in your day. The stress of not being able to achieve everything eats away at you, causing physical and mental distress.

The worrying news is that, according to Harvard Business Review, perfectionism is on the rise. Research shows that 66 percent of workplaces struggle with perfectionism. Yet few people overcome their fear of mistakes and failures and embrace their imperfect selves.

At the same time, you know that you can’t continue to live under the constant pressure you put on yourself to be perfect. Not when it impacts every area of your life from your relationships to your finances!

The solution lies within this audiobook! With practical, proven techniques, actionable steps, and relatable stories, you will feel empowered as your perfectionist habits are replaced with healthy coping strategies and a more positive future.

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Perfectionism is like...

...a unicorn running on a treadmill. It's a lot of freaking work for something that isn't even real.

Let’s be honest—if perfectionism were an Olympic sport, many of us would have a gold medal (polished to a streak-free shine, of course). This book is like a lovingly delivered intervention, wrapped in wisdom and humor, with just the right dose of “Hey, you don’t have to live like this.”

The moment I read the part about the streaky window, I felt seen. The struggle is real, my friends! I’ve lost entire afternoons trying to get a consistent shade of white around the dirty kitchen cabinet handles, only to realize I’d neglected everything else—like eating, hydrating, grocery shopping and prepping for me work week. This book takes that exhausting cycle of perfectionism and gently (but firmly) shakes some sense into you.

Packed with practical advice, relatable stories, and enough real-world wisdom to make even the most stubborn perfectionist pause and reflect (guilty), this book doesn’t just preach—it guides. The tone is warm and engaging, like your funniest, wisest friend sitting you down and saying, “Look, you don’t have to white-knuckle your way through life.”

And the best part? It doesn’t shame or guilt-trip. Instead, it offers real, doable strategies to loosen the grip of perfectionism without making you feel like you need to perfectly stop being a perfectionist (because we all know how that would go).

If you’ve ever rewritten an email 17 times before sending it, agonized over the alignment of throw pillows, or felt personally victimized by the existence of one slightly overcooked cookie in a batch—this book is for you. Read it, laugh at yourself (because, really, what else can we do?), and get ready to embrace the delightfully imperfect joy of just being.

Get off the treadmill. Start living a life grounded in what really matters. This book will help you get there.