Pitfalls of perfectionism 10 Articles

by John McDevitt

Imagine a solitary person seated in a huge, windowless waiting room, staring vacantly ahead, life outside passing by unnoticed. Why are they sitting there? Are they waiting for the perfect opportunity that never arrives? M...read more

by Robert Bluck

Is there a pitfall to perfection? There is nothing wrong with being a perfectionist, however there is something wrong with those that settle for less than perfection. To be mediocre is just being plain lazy. Most people...read more

by Jane E George

I HAVE often witnessed two quite similar people meeting for the first time, maybe via a mutual friend, and the outcome being that they took an instant dislike to each other. The potential of their becoming friends is at z...read more

by Ian Brady

I am absolutely perfect, ye sirree, even if I do say so myself. In case you are going to disagree with me, allow me to explain in perfect detail. I have the perfect job- I make a little over eight bucks an hour at a ...read more

by Dan Rooney

Imagine growing up under a perfectionist. My mother is and always has been a self confessed perfectionist. Nothing is nor was ever good enough for her. When I was growing up, our home was the cleanest home in the neighborh...read more

by Elaine Sihera

Being perfect keeps us in a narrow groove, giving us a tunnel vision which excludes everything to the left and right of us while we concentrate intensely on what is directly ahead. Being such a limited vision, we cannot se...read more

by Joseph Vanburen

Somewhere, along the information highways, in the entertainment cities, among the media mountains, somebody will tell you what "perfect" is in any context. They will tell you how to get the perfect body, how to achieve you...read more

by Olafemi

Perfection is a very high achievement that few come to know. The few that do know perfection are described in the pitfalls of perfectionism, they seem to stand still long enough to allow all others pass them by. I know t...read more

by Brittany Sparfven

The idea of perfection is absolutely absurd. Perfection does not exist, therefore when people strive to reach perfection they are let down every time, and this damages their ego,self confidence, motivation, all the way to...read more

by Rhonda Nieman

The Pitfalls of Perfectionism We all know that practice makes Perfect. That the consistency of repetition helps to give the brain the ability to recall the snippets of a developed skill....read more