Stop Waiting For Perfect: Embrace Imperfection And Trust Your Dopeness With L'Oreal Thompson Payton

Brave Women at Work

We talk a lot about perfectionism at Brave Women at Work, and how it can truly cripple us in achieving our goals and dreams. As Brené says, there is no perfection. I often tell my daughters, “Do your best and leave the rest.” I say this so I can hopefully break the cycle of perfectionism in my family. What about you? How has perfectionism affected you, your life, or your work?

I met my guest, L’Oreal Thompson Payton, in an interesting way. L’Oreal is a freelance writer and an author, so I stumbled on one of her freelance pieces and was enthralled by it. I connected with her on LinkedIn and asked her if she wanted to be on the show. It just so happened that her book, Stop Waiting for Perfect, was coming out soon, so she agreed. How about that for coincidence! On top of that, L’Oreal is a Chicagoan just like me. The synergies are crazy!

During my chat with L’Oreal, we discussed:

● What drove L’Oreal to write her book Stop Waiting for Perfect: Step Out of Your Comfort Zone and into Your Power?

● How was this book her own personal lesson in not being perfect?

● What’s a success junkie and how can this book help them?

● Where does our lack of self-trust come from? How can we trust our dopeness?

● How black and other women of color face different societal and cultural expectations and how we can help them succeed in all places and spaces.

● How we can step out of our comfort zone and take our power back.

● And what black girl magic means to L’Oreal! I’ve seen it on memes and hashtags, but I wanted to hear it firsthand from someone truly creating black girl magic!