Athletes' struggles with perfectionism, hyper-productivity, and burnout—even after retirement—often find their roots in brutal training environments.
After retirement, athletes tend to turn their coach's expectations, criticisms, and punishments inward.
To a perfectionist, a mistake is a dangerous opportunity to lose precious seconds or precious points, and it’s a dangerous invitation to be blamed by all who watch, especially their coach. In the perfectionist’s mind, these dangersContrary to popular opinion in the sports world, turning human beings into little perfectionists using any means possible turns out to be neither good for the person inside the athlete, nor for their performance.
First, it’s just not realistic to think we can eliminate mistakes completely. We’re human and we can’t control chaos 100 percent of the time. The quest for perfectionSecond, mistakes are an essential part of the learning process and play a positive role in our growth. Without trial and error, without risking mistakes, without in a sense “making friends with mistakes,” one can’t learn what works, what doesn’t, and why.
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