Stop Trying to be Perfect | Trent Shelton

About this video

Shelton poses the question of what people need to quit in their lives to find more peace and growth. He argues that two major things to quit are trying to be perfect and settling for less than you deserve. Shelton suggests that the pursuit of perfection, especially in the social media age, has become a prison that prevents people from being authentic and even from trying new things, while settling often stems from trying to fill voids with things that aren’t right for us.

Key takeaways

• Shelton believes the pursuit of perfection can become a prison that causes people to feel unworthy when they make mistakes and prevents them from trying new things
• Shelton argues that social media culture encourages appearing perfect rather than being authentic, which moves people away from who they truly are
• Shelton suggests people settle for less in life when trying to fill voids like loneliness or the need for validation, accepting things they know aren’t right for them

Episode details: published June 3, 2021 · 4.9K views · 4:12 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The talks summarized here are Trent Shelton’s own words and beliefs, presented for education; summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each episode itself.

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