Perfectionism: The Performance Trap (Keys for Living Library)

by Hope for the Heart

Publisher:

Hope for the Heart

, 2024

Overview

Perfectionists are performers, but they are also prisoners... chained to the opinions of others—their self-acceptance invariably linked to cherished accolades. Overlooked crumbs on the kitchen counter leave a perfectionist humiliated before guests. A student’s self-worth plummets if a record of highscoring As is broken by an unbearable B.

Even when compliments do come, such praise provides only a fleeting moment of pleasure because now the bar—the measure for self-worth—is simultaneously raised even higher. Instead, God’s plan is that we aim for excellence, not perfection... to accomplish our personal best with the gifts He gives us, using the power He provides.

If you are caught in the performance trap... stop... and rest in the unconditional love of Christ. Stop... and rest in the unconditional acceptance of our Savior. Stop... your need to perform perfectly today. Let your last curtain call be the final curtain on performing perfectly for others.

You need to know that you are called to live for an audience of One and only One—the Lord Jesus Christ, who loves and approves of you just as you are... crumbs on the counter and all.

Instead of living for the approval of others, you can learn to say what the apostle Paul says...

“We make it our goal to please him...” (2 Corinthians 5:9)

Product Details

• Title: Perfectionism: The Performance Trap
• Author: Hope for the Heart
• Series: Keys for Living Library: Attitude and Character
• Publisher: Hope for the Heart
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 48
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Perfectionism
• ISBN: 879995000636
• Resource ID: LLS:PRFCTNSMPRFRTRP
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-21T07:08:25Z

About Hope for the Heart

Hope for the Heart is a worldwide biblical caregiving, coaching, and counseling ministry providing biblical hope and practical help for life’s challenges. We’re passionate about helping people apply God’s Word to life. We pray that God will use our biblical resources to help you overcome challenges, grow personally, and equip you to help others.

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We present biblical hope and practical help through our print and digital resources (over two million books sold), radio broadcasts, and podcasts. Likewise, our counseling services and seminars, the International Christian Coaching Institute (ICCI), the Lifeline to Hope caregiver training program, credentialing and certifi cations, and a global outreach that touches over 60 countries in 36 languages and on 6 continents—are all designed to help people have a lifechanging relationship with Jesus Christ.