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Perfection paralysis describes the state you find yourself in when you’re desperate to reach 200 percent of your potential, yet you only manage zero percent . Salvador Dali said that you must rule out the idea of perfection from your mind because you’ll never achieve it.
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Perfection paralysis is defined by the immobilizing fear of the failure of not reaching your own expectations, as well as those of others . In fact, when you’re approached to carry out a task or project at work, you might say to yourself, “I’m going to give 110% and produce something that’s absolutely perfect”.
However, what actually happens is that you become paralyzed by stress. Fear of failure stops you, and you’re unable to come up with any creative and innovative ideas.
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There are various hypotheses. These are:
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Feeling immobilized, stressed, scared, worried, and even exhausted. Perfection paralysis subjects you to a psychological state in which you feel debilitated, unproductive, and distressed. In fact, it doesn’t matter how talented and skilled you are when you’re driven by this kind of fear and anxiety.
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