Nobody's perfect, we all know this to be true, and yet many of us still drive ourselves crazy expecting to somehow create perfection in ourselves and our surroundings, and feeling deeply disappointed when we discover imperfections in others, as well. While perfectionism might sound like a posit...
As a perfectionist, I had to understand that I have a great amount of focus, energy and dedication; but that in order to be the most productive; I have to establish priorities to keep my energies channeled. Sometimes my perfectionism makes it difficult to encounter imperfect situations, like ...
When I work with clients on reducing their all-or-nothing mindset of perfectionism versusfailure, I suggest that they imagine baskets with these labels on them, then determine which tasks or efforts go in which baskets. For example, my excellent basket contains wishes to do my best as a wife...
perfectionism also looks like people who aren’t trying, who stand on the sidelines or who give up pretty quickly. That’s perfectionism too. So there’s a spectrum to this. Well
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David:As far as perfectionism, I think there are two elements that come up a lot. The one side is on the product. We've had some big failures around even how people use the product. So doing kind of your own QA (quality assurance) or usability testing of how would you use this?
When perfectionism strikes, we instead, focus our efforts on trivial tasks that give us some semblance of control in the face of adversity. The major problem with perfectionism is that we often fool ourselves into believing that we’re actually exercising self-discipline.For the most part, this...
A lot of perfectionism is rooted in the anxiety that somebody somewhere will find a mistake in what you have done. Obviously, you want to do quality work, and you don’t want to develop a reputation of being sloppy. At the same time, you are going to make mistakes. Everyone does. Unf...