beware of the noble obstacle
Page 84 beware of the noble obstacle. In the first kind of noble obstacle, perfectionism sneakily tells you that you cannot move forward towards your goal until you do X. The second kind, perfectionism tells you that reaching your goal could actually produce results that are bad or to make you a bad person. End of paragraph
— from Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation) · Finish Give Yourself the Gift of Done by Jon Acuff