Psychology Today | 17.09.2026 23:38
As a recovering perfectionist, it took me a long time to learn the most important lesson: Perfectionism belongs in your rearview mirror. You're going to make mistakes anyway because you're human. Perfectionism doesn't stop that. It just raises the stakes on the consequences—mostly internal ones—while doing almost nothing for your actual performance. You just feel worse afterward.
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