The Perfection Trap

A participant in one of our early SOAR Leadership Programmes gave us a fantastic insight as she contrasted how her sons and daughters are taught in school and how we instil values in our children:

‘We teach our boys to be tough and our girls to be good’

There is an element of perfectionism that’s socialised into girls and women from our earliest ages. This is changing. For example, it’s fantastic to see much more female sport participation – learning resilience, experiencing winning and losing, camaraderie, and teamwork as well as physical fitness.

However, …..