“Isn’t it time we kicked the perfectionism habit?” In this
way, Leah Eichler raises an important question about how we have allowed the
concept of perfectionism to become a pseudo-negative. The question is whether
that perfectionism is adaptive, which serves as a motivator and is tempered by
an awareness of the realities of the situation, and maladaptive, where
unconstrained by considerations of the context, perfectionism serves to cause
anxiety and negativity.
In recruitment, the old joke is that to the question about
weaknesses you should say something that sounds like a negative while being
positive. “I am a perfectionist. I drive myself too hard. I am far too punctual
and love to work.” Yet in the contemporary business world, being a
perfectionist means you are not able to move quickly, view something as a
continuous work in progress, or collaborate to get something out to market
before your competitors. Ironically, while perfectionism is rooted in a fear of
failure, perfectionism in the contemporary business world can cause the very
failure the perfectionist fears.
Article in The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/life-at-work/why-cant-perfectionists-break-the-habit/article4609471/
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