prolog

Part 1.
How to Deal with Perfection: How Perfectionism Burns Us Out

1.
Modern people have to be good at everything.
2.
Perfectionism and perfection are two completely different things.
3.
Tendency, Environment, and Wounds
4.
Am I a perfectionist?
5.
The trap that planners fall into
6.
Signals from a tired brain
7.
The irony of a perfect jade
8.
Cleverness and efficiency are the answer.

Part 2.
How to live efficiently: 80% is enough, not 100%.

1.
The Secret to McDonald's Success
2.
The secret to 80% efficiency
3.
Let's do it strategically
4.
Just do it roughly
5.
The Trap of Craftsmanship
6.
How to give a good presentation
7.
The power of 'I don't know'

Part 3.
How to Choose and Give Up: Efficiency Comes from the Quality of Your Choices

1.
Choice is more important than concentration
2.
Being able to give up is also a skill.
3.
Everyone has a plausible plan.
4.
You don't have to do it all alone
5.
How to live lazy
6.
Get rid of stupid and industrious leaders

Part 4.
How to Get to Know Someone: There's No Such Thing as a Perfect Relationship

1.
The key to being popular is leisure.
2.
There are no true friends.
3.
Actually, other people don't care about me.
4.
Admission addiction
5.
Human relationships also need to be sorted out.
6.
There is a difference between a long-lasting relationship and a long-lasting relationship.

Part 5.
How to Live Long and Healthy: Obsession with Health Ruins It

1.
Stress, the root of all evil
2.
How to manage stress properly
3.
My heart also gets hurt
4.
Let's use stress
5.
You have to live roughly to be healthy
6.
Knowledge is a disease
7.
Everyone dies eventually

Part 6.
How to Raise a Child Roughly: Trying to Raise a Child Perfectly Leads to a Complete Failure

1.
Training wheels have to come off at some point.
2.
You shouldn't give your children too much bread.
3.
A child who wants to eat jajangmyeon rather than tangsuyuk
4.
Those who are meant to be will be, and those who are not meant to be will not.
5.
Parents who do not want independence
6.
What's important is that you decide for yourself.
7.
If parents are happy, children will be happy too.
8.
Filial piety is innate

Part 7.
How to Succeed by Studying Roughly: If You Aim for 100, You'll Get 50

1.
You can't just work hard
2.
Medical students' special study method
3.
Those who are good at avoiding things get good grades
4.
Zhuge Liang's study method
5.
Why Genealogy Matters
6.
When mental illness prevents you from studying

Part 8.
How to Live a Simple Life and Be Happy: Letting Go of Obsessions Brings Comfort

1.
Joy also has a tolerance
2.
Don't fit your life into someone else's world.
3.
Happiness has conditions too
4.
70% luck, 30% preparation
5.
I can endure hunger, but I can't endure stomachache.
6.
Happiness is half genetic, half chosen.

Part 9.
How to Become Almost Perfect: You Must Let Go of Perfectionism to Become Perfect

1.
The true meaning of 'let's do it roughly'
2.
Skills for Dealing with Perfectionism
3.
Let's change our thinking
4.
Training to behave less perfectly
5.
Michelangelo's sense of responsibility
6.
Sometimes perfect, sometimes just about
7.
Living with Perfectionism

Epilogue

“You are already trying hard enough.

“Now it’s okay to live roughly.”

How to let go of the burden of endless perfectionism
Less but more, a choice that will solidify your tired life.

"Average Wins" is a book that suggests "how to live less but properly" to modern people suffering from perfectionism and burnout.
As a psychiatrist with over 20 years of experience treating patients, the author offers concrete strategies that can be applied immediately in real life, rather than simply offering comfort or advice.

The book is largely divided into five parts.
First, we unravel why perfectionism arises in the context of tendencies, environment, and trauma, and then we examine the mechanisms of anxiety and control, connecting them to a self-diagnosis checklist.
Next, under the principle that “80% is enough, not 100%,” we show practical methods through small routines such as how to end a presentation briefly and the courage to say “I don’t know.”
It emphasizes that the essence of performance lies not in concentration but in the quality of choice, and also suggests ways to make decision-making easier through the techniques of giving up, delegation, and laziness.
In the realm of relationships, we talk about how to overcome addiction to recognition and maintain sustainable networks through indifference and organization.
Finally, living with perfectionism helps us instill the principle of 'doing less but doing it right' in our lives.

"Average Wins" is a practical manual that teaches modern people suffering from burnout the strategy of living less but properly, rather than working harder.
This book clearly demonstrates that what we need in our weary daily lives is not another comfort, but a design that is both light and strong.