Perfectionism and Failure
Lisa shares her struggle with perfectionism, revealing how it has driven her to avoid failure at all costs, particularly in her career. She reflects on a poignant moment when she wrote a piece for Esquire about Heath Ledger shortly after experiencing personal loss, grappling with the ethical implications of her work. Ultimately, she acknowledges that choosing to get things right often overshadows her pursuit of happiness.In this clip
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Is my analysis fair in believing that my mind perceives my actions as leading to a similar tragic outcome, given that I produced a huge activation, the largest success of my career, which opened on my mother's birthday, and two weeks later she died in her sleep? Now, when I attempt to work on large, challenging projects like this one, I can start the process creatively but have great trouble following through on distributing it to people who could help me execute it.
Is my analysis of how my mind is perceiving my actions as leading to a similar tragic outcome after producing a huge activation that was the largest success of my career, which opened on my mother's birthday, fair? Two weeks later, she died in her sleep. Now, when I attempt to work on large, challenging projects like this one, I can start the process creatively but have great trouble following through on distributing it to people who could help me execute it.