Tag: Perfectionism

Why Beating Yourself Up Over Mistakes is Pointless Perfectionism

So this happened this morning. My sister, Emily, called me in tears after getting reamed out by her boss and clients for an error that wasn’t even her fault. She has been working nearly 70 hours per week and has really been trying her darn hardest to be a model employee for the past year...

Recovering From Perfectionism

Perfectionism is a pain in the Gluteus Maximus. The reason is that perfectionists obsess unnecessarily about the details of a decision sweat the uncertainties of the situation sometimes miss deadlines turn themselves into emotional pretzels kill themselves with worry. Here are ...