Overcoming perfectionism is challenging. Many feel that society expects us to look a certain way, know all the latest news, and be the best employee, spouse, and parent ever. No wonder why there's such a strong link between perfectionism and anxiety/OCD! I still struggle with perfectionism, ...
First and foremost, Pryor stressed that not all perfectionism is bad. The positive side of perfectionism is where you have an ambitious drive toward success. You know that the more effort put in, the more likely you are to obtain your goals. This healthy form of perfectionism comes with what...
Error detection is required in order to correct or avoid imperfect behavior. Although error detection is beneficial for some people, for others it might be disturbing. We investigated Gaudreau and Thompson's (Personality and Individual Differences, 48, 532-537, 2010) model, which combines personal...
Although pursuing perfection is good, excessive perfectionism islikely to bring greater pressure and trouble than self perfection. Instead ofblindly pursuing "perfect personality", we should try to have a"complete personality"". This requires us to understandourselves objectively, to accept and accept ...
you from trying new things. The result is that when you do make a mistake you may simply double down on perfectionism rather than taking the lesson, improvising, and trying again with an optimistic spirit. In the end you can wind up paralyzed because of your desire to do everyt...
Emotional stressors, which can also be thought of as internal stressors, include fears and anxieties (such as worries about whether you'll be fired or whether you'll make a good impression on a blind date) as well as certain personality traits (such as perfectionism, pessimism, suspiciousness...
This postfrom the popular Fluent in 3 Months blog discusses how perfectionism is a terrible attribute for language learners.This postat Hacking Chinese provides some great, specific tactics that can help you be more receptive to feedback. Andthis poston the FluentU blog explains why Mandarin is...
Solution #4: Let Go Of Perfectionism A trap that a lot of guys fall into chasing their perfect weight. Guys, I'm here to tell you that the perfect weight doesn't exist. If you get caught up with being ‘perfect', you'll never reach your goal – because no weight will ever be goo...
○Sometimes, the fear of making mistakes – perfectionism - can keep you from trying new things or completing projects because you're so afraid of not doing well that you can't bring yourself to act. Don't let this happen to you.2.Acknowledge the force of habit. Sometimes, mistakes are...
The shedding of perfectionism has been, for her, a revelatory coming of age. But she admitted that even she can find it challenging to look back at her time in the church and to try to make any sense of how this irrational drive for perfection was so effective in short-circuiting her ...