The collision is brutal. People enter their careers armed with perfectionism, only to discover it's actually their greatest liability. Real professionalism is about forward motion and pushing a ...

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Perfectionism is often at the center of a host of ills, said clinical psychologist, professor and author Dr. Ellen Hendriksen. (CNN) — The start of the year can be exhausting: After running yourself ...

If you’re struggling with perfectionism, you’re invited to discover a new way of living. Rev. Melinda Pupillo joined Our Quad ...

Despite how uncool being a try-hard may seem, when it's associated with authenticity, loyalty, consistency, and love, trying ...

Perhaps somewhere in your life, you had a teacher, a parent, or a sibling who placed unusually high demands on you. Asking, expecting, even demanding that you always do better or be better. Sometimes, ...

Of course, we’re all shackled by perfectionism to some extent. Those last three statements were pulled from my own perfectionistic self-talk. In a world of carefully crafted profiles and photoshopped ...

Excellent is not the same as perfect and knowing the difference could save your mental health. By Arash Emamzadeh Steve Jobs, James Cameron, stanley kubrick, and Martha Stewart are among the people ...

ATLANTA - The drive to be the best at everything we do, meaning not just good, but perfect, may sound like a positive trait, at least on the surface. It means we have high standards, and a drive for ...

You might think your perfectionist streak is a reflection of your ambition. Mental health author Morra Aarons-Mele disagrees. "Perfectionism is anxiety," Aarons-Mele, host of "The Anxious Achiever" ...

Randi Braun of Something Major is the Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author of Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work. “And I’m telling you, nobody made that Taco Bell bathroom sparkle ...

Employees want to do their best, but those efforts could actually backfire if that tips into a need to be perfect. Processing Content "There's a difference between doing a good job and pushing that ...