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32. Perfectionism: An Introduction

The OptimalWork Podcast

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Is Perfectionism a Good Thing?

It's good to make sure that your work is high quality, but then so when where's the line that it becomes perfectionism? So you're saying that precisely the way that you draw that line is by whether it's helping the bonds or harming the bonds of the people closest to in your life. I think that's exactly right. Because ultimately work is not an end in itself. It's a series of outcomes that should be means to an end. But others in your life are ends in themselves. And the bond is how you serve them. The Bond is how you show. It's how you actually bring goodness into the world is really your bonds with others.

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