Meet Tom Curran Perfectionist Expert!

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Make your high expectations work for you!

  • Competition — What competition means when talking about perfectionism, the importance of celebrating achievements, why appreciation is key to development and the merit of self reflection 10.56
  • Social media — What is the effect social media has on today's society? Discover how to use social media to empower, motivate and recognise the conflict of Instagram vs Reality 11.12
  • Expectations in school and university — Significance of education, understand life is a constant journey of learning, know how to deal with expectations and pressures in the education domain 16.12
  • Parenting — Do you place unfair expectations on your children? Understand where expectations stem from, realise the growth in competition and know how to manage your expectations 10.19

Meet the Expert

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Tom Curran

Tom is Assistant Professor in Psychological and Behaviour Science at the London School of Economics. He studies how the rising tide of perfectionism - in our social media feeds, in school, university, and work - is driving an increase in mental illness among young people. His TED talk 'Our dangerous obsession with with perfectionism is getting worse' has had nearly 3 million views.