Free BRANDABLE Perfectionism Test to Boost your Followers’ Self-Awareness + Grow Your Mailing List as a Coach
I have created a Perfectionism Test which you can use as a simple perfectionism assessment tool for your followers and coaching clients. You can use the 10 questions in this (free) Test as coaching questions for perfectionism too! If you want more coaching exercises for perfectionism, you can always get my 27-page Overcome Perfectionism Workbook to use as a guide when coaching, as coaching homework, for group coaching or even to use as a mega-valuable lead magnet to grow your subscribers’ list. Your followers will thank you for helping them kickstart their journey to overcome perfectionism and live with more joy.
I have created a FREE Perfectionism Test which you can use as a simple perfectionism assessment tool for your followers and coaching clients.
You can use the 10 questions in this (free) Test as coaching questions for perfectionism too.
If you want more coaching exercises for perfectionism, you can always get my 27-page Overcome Perfectionism Workbook to use as a guide when coaching, as coaching homework, for group coaching or even to use as a mega-valuable lead magnet to grow your subscribers’ list.
Your followers will thank you for helping them kickstart their journey to reduce perfectionism and live with more joy.
You can download the free brandable Perfectionism Test below:
Readers LOVE quizzes and tests - people love learning more about themselves! This free Perfectionism Test is part of my 27-page Overcome Perfectionism Workbook available in my Shop.
This Perfectionism Test has a full score of 10. If your followers score more than 5, they have some perfectionistic traits.
You can use it to get your readers to sign up for your mailing list to get this Perfectionism Test delivered to their inbox.
If your readers are eager to go one step further and tame their perfectionism, that is when you can sell my Overcome Perfectionism Workbook OR coach them using my Overcome Perfectionism Workbook as a guide.
Why do we have to encourage our followers to reduce perfectionism? Isn’t it a much desired trait?
Well, perfectionism has its ‘rewards’ and also countless weaknesses. Perfectionists have a fear of failure and tie their self-worth to external factors (such as work).
Many perfectionists cannot accept criticism, they burn out easily and they tend to always be stressed out. They place high standards on themselves and are rarely satisfied with their own achievements.
As you can see, it is a highly stressful way to live. Their progress and success is also slow because they spend too much time obsessing on mistakes and small decisions.
Perfectionists have high standards, and if they welcome mistakes and are happy to take some risks, they can enjoy more achievements and feel happier everyday.
The FREE brandable Perfectionism Test is the first step for your readers and followers in this journey. Download it below to use as a lead magnet or with your clients!
You can also get the Overcome Perfectionism Workbook to sell to them or coach them with this Workbook as your personal guide.
This Overcome Perfectionism Workbook is brandable in Canva. It helps your followers to:
Challenge their all-or-nothing beliefs (which is the core cause of perfectionism)
expand their perfectionistic thoughts + be more positive
Beat perfectionism-procrastinating + get their goals ticked off everyday
Be comfortable with making mistakes + enjoy more small wins & success in future
You can use sections of the Overcome Perfectionism Workbook as:
coaching material + coaching homework for 1-1 coaching clients
material for group coaching sessions
blog content
a lead magnet to attract more subscribers to your list
material for your online courses
As you can see, you can use the Overcome Perfectionism Workbook in many ways.
As always, you will feel confident using my materials as you will be riding on my almost-5-years experience as a counsellor in a government ministry.
I wish you all the best in your business and may you attract much abundance and success.
Sincerely,
Shikah
( If you have questions, feel free to email me at shikah@shikahanuar.com )
How to Finally Overcome ‘All or Nothing’ Thinking - a Perfectionism Mindset
Perfectionism is caused by all or nothing thinking. I will share 1 brave method for you to beat all-or-nothing thinking. This will be your first step to overcome perfectionism and feel less anxious. It takes time to overcome perfectionism. But if you can tone down your perfectionism even by just a little bit, you will feel more relaxed about life!
One brave method to overcome ‘all or nothing’ thinking which is common amongst perfectionists.
What are you perfectionistic about?
It can be your appearance, your work, your house and some of us are even perfectionists with our hobby. Or you may be perfectionistic with all the four aspects above.
I don’t want to shoot perfectionism down, because it has its good points.
But with anything else in life, too much of anything - such as perfectionism - is going to make you anxious, exhausted, not relaxed and basically hate your life.
It all starts with an ‘all-or-nothing’ mentality.
If you need a worksheet to help you tone down your perfectionism and be productive, you can download the Pause Perfectionism worksheet below.
6 Examples of All or Nothing Thinking
“If I’m not going to stick to the diet 100%, might as well not start in the first place.”
“If I don’t look well-groomed all the time, I might bump into ex-colleagues and old friends and they will think I’ve let myself go.”
“If I don’t publish my blog post today, I’m a failure.”
“If I don’t keep my house spotless and clean when my friends come over, they will think I’m lazy and dirty.”
“Well, if I’m not a success and become popular doing what I do, what’s the point of starting?”
“If I publish a video and someone criticises how I speak, I’m doomed.”
The dangers of all-or-nothing thinking
We are usually not this harsh with our friends and family. But strangely, we punish ourselves.
All or nothing thinking is believing in extremes.
Many things in life are not black-and-white. If you are a perfectionist, you will be frustrated with this idea. Like, what’s the point of doing something if we don’t succeed in it, right?
All or nothing thinking means:
We will have low self-esteem. Which means we’ll never have the confidence to do things out of our comfort zone to pursue our goals.
We punish ourselves by expecting ourselves to excel at something when we may be gifted in other areas
We don’t even try something we want to do because it will be a ‘waste of time.’
We overwork or spend too much time on little things which are not a matter of life and death. As a result: We don’t enjoy motherhood, working, exercising, reading, hobbies because we want to do everything right.
We are highly anxious all the time. Not fun at all.
We will be fatigued all the time because our minds are constantly thinking, analysing, evaluating.
How to overcome all-or-nothing thinking
I will propose something which will make all the perfectionists reading this cringe and have panic attacks.
I call it the 4-Step All or nothing Exercise.
Step 1: I will ask you to choose 1 all-or-nothing goal or standard you have.
Step 2: what goes through your mind if you do it or don’t achieve it?
Step 3: Next week, set a date to deliberately not achieve your all-or-nothing standard (gasp!).
Step 4: Record what happens.
I will give you an example.
Step 1: “I MUST keep my house and all the rooms 100% sparkling clean when guests come over."
Step 2: “If I don’t keep my house spotless and clean when my friends come over, they will think I’m lazy and dirty. They will find out my embarrassing habits at home.”
Step 3: “I will invite my friends to my house next Tuesday. I will only clean the living room and toilets the morning itself. I will leave the other rooms as they are. Maybe just a quick sweep for the other rooms.'“
Step 4: See if your friends notice (or mind) the state of your house not being 100% perfect. Record it down.
You may need to repeat Step 3 a few times before you can truly relax and let go about perfectionism regarding your home.
You may also find these overcome perfectionism articles helpful:
How to Handle a Stressful Situation
I know that many of us are perfectionists because we have low self-esteem!
If you want to start overcoming low self-esteem and be brave to pursue your goals, you can check out my Ebook - Be Your Own Self-Esteem Coach.
Or you can take the first step and download the Pause Perfectionism and Feel Relaxed worksheet.
Meanwhile, have a good week!
Shikah
