“Healthy striving is self-focused: “How can I improve?” Perfectionism is other-focused: “What will they think?” ~ Brené Brown Raised by a perfectionist mother, I learned the perils of perfectionism early on. I set impossibly high standards for myself — even if someone else didn’t. Even when I accomplished something worthwhile, I never believed it was truly good enough. Taming this crippling perfectionism has been a lifelong mission, and I’ve written about it here.  That’s why I was drawn to a new guide, How to Be Enough: Seven Life-Changing Steps for Self-Critics, Overthinkers, and Perfectionists, by Elle Hendrickson. And that’s why I chose it to be our November selection for the Blair Memorial Library’s Self-Help Book Club in Clawson. This book is…