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Overcoming Performance Addiction #522 (archive)

Posting Date: 12/24/2005

Today's culture has an insatiable thirst for perfection and status.

Why are so many of us compulsive achievers? Such people live with the deep and debilitating belief that perfecting their appearance and continually striving for more accomplishments will secure the love and respect of others. This constant pursuit for approval and success constitutes Performance Addiction.

Guest: Arthur Ciaramicoli, Ed.D., Ph.D. clinical psychologist, instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School and author of: Performance Addiction: The Dangerous New Syndrome and How to Stop It from Ruining Your Life.

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