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David Bird Coaching, Counselling & Cognitive Hypnotherapy in Leighton Buzzard

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DB’s Coaching, Counselling & Cognitive Hypnotherapy Blog for Leighton Buzzard & Milton Keynes

Here's where I post what I write. Some may be useful. Some even entertaining. And if we're lucky, it's both.


March 05, 2025

Perfectionism: How Fear of Looking Stupid Will Hold You Back [VIDEO]

March 05, 2025/ David Bird
Perfectionism: How Fear of Looking Stupid Will Hold You Back [VIDEO]

Perfectionism.

Ye Olde Creator-and-Preventer of Flops and Failures…

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March 05, 2025/ David Bird/
perfectionism, failure, procrastination
July 12, 2019

Moon Mis-Landing: How Perfect Planning Can Destroy Chances Of Delivering On Our Promises

July 12, 2019/ David Bird
Moon Mis-Landing: How Perfect Planning Can Destroy Chances Of Delivering On Our Promises

I had some time off recently. Which was great. But as we know, going away means coming back. And coming back means catching up. Easy enough though. Because I'd already planned how I'd get back on track. Simples.

And then life happened…

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July 12, 2019/ David Bird/ 1 Comment
plan, planning, perfectionist, perfectionism, stress, goal-setting, goals
June 14, 2019

Ruled By Rules: How Good-Enough Guidelines Can Set Us Up For Painful Failure

June 14, 2019/ David Bird
Ruled By Rules: How Good-Enough Guidelines Can Set Us Up For Painful Failure

Rules are important. They can be helpful. Define boundaries. Create order. All the good stuff we complained about as children and eventually learned (somewhat) to appreciate once we got older.

But some rules can set us up to fail…

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June 14, 2019/ David Bird/ Comment
rules, not good enough, perfectionism, fear of failure

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