How to Transform self-Doubt and Procrastination into Productive Confidence – Without Burning Out
It might sound surprising, but one of the biggest reasons for low performance or burnout at work is perfectionism. You might wonder how this can apply to both. It’s because of perfectionisms two key components: unrealistically high expectations and a deep fear of failure.
This is how perfectionism silently impacts corporations:
1. Burnout and stress - Driven by the need to meet high expectations or avoid failure, workers end up working too many hours or pushing themselves too hard. It’s like they can’t hear the “food-and-sleep clock” because they’re too focused on proving themselves through overachieving.
2. Stagnation – By not starting projects, workers protect themselves from being vulnerable to failure.
3. Social and performance anxiety Fear of failure can make interactions and tasks feel overwhelmingly stressful, putting workers' brains in overdrive, which interrupts focus and creativity.
4. Financial costs – According to the Swedish Work Environment Agency (Arbetsmiljöverket), a burnt-out employee costs around 400,000 kronor due to factors such as production losses, temporary replacements, rehabilitation efforts, and support during the return to work. In addition, social and performance anxiety can reduce sales, while stagnation lowers overall productivity.
To break this cycle, we must release the fear of failure and redefine our expectations.
This shift will not only improve productivity and performance but also proactively protect workers from burnout, cultivate more harmonious relationships, and create a welcoming environment that attracts new talent.
I use coaching and therapy to shift those deeply ingrained patterns so your business can thrive without sacrificing the well-being of your employees or facing the financial setbacks associated with burnout.
Perfectionism Corporate Coaching
After years of exploring various methods, I have found that the most effective way to create lasting growth is to address the deep fears and internal barriers that impact performance. It may sound intense, but in the right environment, the process becomes surprisingly manageable. My work with employees, teams, artists, and athletes focuses on identifying emotional triggers in performance and creating a safe space to explore them. Through a process that leads to deep insights—made possible by developing mental resilience in otherwise high-pressure situations—it becomes easier to break negative patterns and create lasting change.
High ambitions and self-imposed demands can easily lead to overanalyzing and self-doubt. Breaking these patterns may seem challenging, but when we strengthen trust in our own abilities and release mental blocks, the constant second-guessing decreases, paving the way for clearer decisions and greater confidence. When we dare to go deeper and face what is holding us back, our sense of mental security strengthens—and with it, confidence, focus, and stability under pressure.
By combining this process with experience, intuition, and compassion, I help employees strip away limiting thought patterns and increase awareness of the factors that influence performance—ultimately strengthening both the team and the organization. When individuals grow, the whole system thrives.
I have helped professionals to:
- Perform and work with calm, confidence, and focus without losing efficiency.
- Overcome procrastination and increase determination.
- Become more confident in social situations.
- Release limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviors to reach their goals with resilience and persistence.
- Create a more harmonious work atmosphere.
- Let go of perfectionism, self-doubt, anxiety, and stress.
What are the benefits of perfectionism corporate coaching?
- Perfectionism Corporate Coaching offers a tailored blend of approaches designed not only to address the root causes of perfectionism but also to calm the nervous system in the present moment.
- Using methods that guide toward intuitive answers, this helps to tap into insights that are often overlooked due to overanalysis.
- Combining deep, transformative work with lightness and care, each session is customized to meet the unique needs of your organization and its employees.
- Results are achieved without overwhelming employees with extra tasks or assignments- they’re just s a bonus when it fits your team’s schedule.
- Conversations are relaxed, with a touch of humor, making the process both pleasant and effective. This atmosphere increases the likelihood that employees will choose to continue their journey of growth.
For every coaching package investment, your employee get:
- A 30-minute online mapping session In this initial session, we’ll identify the core challenges holding them back and uncover what needs to change to unlock their full potential. This conversation often provides valuable insights and lays the groundwork for meaningful progress.
- A customized coaching plan – Each plan is crafted to address the specific needs of your employee, ensuring that the approach aligns with both their personal goals and your organization’s objectives.
- 1-on-1 private online sessions – These personalized coaching conversations are fully focused on helping the employee overcome obstacles and achieve their professional goals.
- Ongoing support – Get additional guidance between sessions through messaging on platforms like Messenger or WhatsApp.
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Client Experiences of Transformative Corporate Coaching
Mattias is attentive, empathetic, and has a warmth that makes it feel safe to open up to him. He has a natural and professional way of leading the sessions, and his method is very effective in reducing stress and negative emotions. I highly recommend trying this form of therapy, as it’s the best therapeutic method I’ve tried so far.
I feel that I have become better at letting go of the blocks that sometimes prevented me from fully carrying out certain activities. I now find it easier to just "go for it" and not worry too much about the outcome or the result. It's easier to make decisions.
I feel like I now have tools to pause in various situations and expose my perfectionism. This helps me to start activities more easily and make decisions more effortlessly, both big and small.
When it comes to playing the organ, I can feel that my mental state around it has improved significantly – I don't feel as much pressure and anxiety.
In hindsight, the therapy gave me a kind of breakdown or separation of the various problems that trouble me, and now it feels easier to clearly see what belongs where. In contrast to before the program, when everything felt like one big mess.
I felt that I was taken seriously and that there was a fellow human being who was genuinely interested in helping me.
This therapy gave me the opportunity to connect with and understand my inner self, the baggage, and the memories I carry with me. I learned that much of what I struggle with goes back to my childhood and my parents, but also other moments where I felt small and insignificant. A related insight is that my capacity for compassion, both for others and for myself, has increased.
I liked that it helped me ground myself, relax, and become more confident. I feel that my performance anxiety has decreased. I feel more secure in myself and in what I can actually contribute (especially in work contexts). I’ve become better at setting boundaries.
Mattias was very accommodating, empathetic, and a good listener.
In my personal experience with tapping therapy, I have learned to heal different emotions while also uncovering the root of those feelings. Often, when we have a problem or feel uncomfortable with something or someone, we think the issue is external. But through this therapy, I realized that everything begins within. By unraveling these difficult moments, you can start to observe them from a distance, as if watching them on a TV screen.
Problems look and feel different, and with this new perspective that tapping therapy gives you, you can apply different emotions to them, analyze them from afar, and reprogram yourself with new outlooks.
