bOffers a hopeful beacon and a steady path for anyone struggling to find their footing in a world of impossible standards. --Daniel H. Pink, 1 iNew York Timesi bestselling author of iDrive iand iThe Power of Regretib pbIn the tradition of Bren Brown's bestseller iThe Gifts of Imperfectioni, this illuminating book by an acclaimed professor at the London School of Economics explores how the pursuit of perfection can become a dangerous obsession that leads to burnout and depression--keeping us from achieving our goals.b pToday, burnout and depression are at record levels, driven by a combination of intense workplace competition, oppressively ubiquitous social media encouraging comparisons with others, the quest for elite credentials, and helicopter parenting. Society continually broadcasts the need to want more, and to be perfect. pGathering a wide range of contemporary evidence, Curran offers a clear-eyed look at how perfectionism and its capitalistic 'obsession with boundless growth' ha