{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fcd03ed3c-d343-44be-87cb-65fd58da208e","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 111: Perfect Floundering","description":"If you're uncomfortable with doing something imperfectly it's hard to learn new skills. In this episode, Shannon and Janine discuss opening yourself up to \"perfect floundering\" so that you can go ahead and do things that you don't already know how to do.\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 The discomfort of floundering, especially for perfectionists\n\u2022 The amazing prospect of striving to flounder perfectly\n\u2022 How embracing perfect floundering can allow you to do stuff even if you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing\n\u2022 How not being willing to flounder can hold you back\n\u2022 Having more fun by letting your brain flounder more\n\u2022 The fact that if you\u2019re always comfortable with your skill level, you\u2019re not learning\n\u2022 How this can apply to not just learning something new, but also to modifying how you\u2019re already doing things\n\u2022 Inviting feedback on being anti-racist and being willing to do it imperfectly\n\u2022 How making floundering a goal shifts your relationship with what you\u2019re trying to do (it's no longer about you)\n\u2022 Getting clear about what you\u2019re trying to achieve before embarking on perfect floundering so you know what you\u2019re working toward\n\u2022 Why it\u2019s valuable to label something a \u201cpractice\"\n\u2022 The challenge of changing ingrained habits and behaviors\n\u2022 An important reminder: Always cut yourself slack","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}