Breaking Up with Perfectionism | WorkLife with Adam Grant
Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
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Is There Multiple Flavors of Perfectionism?
There's been a discussion and some debate about whether there are multiple flavors of perfectionism. A famous correction psychologist said that perfectionism is an inherently impossible goal. All the perfections to behaviour that we see are ultimately involved in trying to repair what we think is defective. Once we view perfectionism from this angle, it's really difficult to make a case that this is something thatis in any way positive.
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