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206 Chapter Reminders—How to Take Action

• Write Your Action Plan
• Get focused
• Establish and communicate your boundaries
• Build and use your support network
• Start now!

• Tools: Wheel of Life, 5 Keys to Work/Life Balance

Chapter 4: Embracing Good Enough

• Recognize Perfectionism as Your Sticky Floor
• In your own work habits
• In your management of others (micromanaging)
• In your responsiveness to others in the organization
• In the perceptions your are creating about your
potential

• Determine Where Your Need Comes From
• Your nature
• Your family and life experiences
• Your socialization as a woman

• Look for the Signs
• Second guessing yourself
• Always needing more input to be certain
• Being perpetually dissatisfied with the work others do
• Assuming no one can do it as well as you
• Being adverse to taking on new things that are out of
your comfort zone
• Having a low tolerance for mistakes of any kind
• Being stopped by the fear of failure
• Having a strong need to please others