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Trying to be perfect yourself can make you crazy. Trying to people around you will be perfect fool. And not worth it, either. Consider these ideas for "the practice selective perfectionism.

First, consider how much "cost" to be perfect. Imagine getting a job at 90% (from perfect) is a unit of time (and that the unit could be an hour, 6 hours or 3 days). If you are taking this task of "perfect", or 100%, then you have another set of "unity" of time. Do the math. It takes twice as long to do something perfectly as it does to do it at a level of 90%.

Sometimes you (and those around you) the need to work towards perfection .. and sometimes, they do not. The tasks will probably have to be as nearest to perfection as humanly possible include:

  • Surgery. You do not want your doctor to make a 'pretty decent work "to get the body repaired. You are hoping for the best (100%) that your surgeon can do.
  • A budget submitted a grant federal. Granting agencies want to see budgets that add up to perfection, not "very close".
  • SAT score, ACT, GRE, MCAT, and other high stakes tests and exams. There's too much riding on these tests for students and their families not to expect to be scored at 100% accuracy.
  • Preparing for an important speech, address, or interview. There are situations where any of these categories do not have to go all the way up to 100%, but then there are those who deserve all the attention and practice can possibly do.

I'm sure you have a few more, but here are some who do not need to be taken to improve (and where 90%, probably will work fine):

  • Majority notes. Just get information on it, check your spelling, content, etc. and send the memo on its way. People have the right information in a format that is accessible. They should not exclamations are oohing and very decorative on the note he sent.
  • Cleaning your house (no matter who comes over). If the person has more worries more about how your house looks to do to you, then do not invite the next time.
  • Creating a flyer for a class being taught. Students need accurate and useful information that supports their learning. You can do that without having to spend twice as long to find the cutest clip art and snazziest sources and the margin of 10 or more times.
  • Putting on makeup and fixing her hair. A professional look. You can do that at the level of 90%.
  • The organization of almost anything. The idea is to have things you need when you need them and being able to find, but have books, files, reference and cross-references spices .... that over the top.
  • His letter on vacation (or other greeting cards, etc.) Communicate and send or email. Perfectionists make it more difficult than it is (because it is twice as long).

If you are a perfectionist (and may know this is true - or just ask those around you), then take the ideas in this article to heart, please.

I always tell people in my workshops that if you try to take everything 100% then you will not have the time to really have more important things "perfect."

Perfectionism selective practice, please.

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