Paralysis By Analysis
- Perfectionists weigh all the factors in their quest to do the best thing, or to do anything in the best way, and eventually feel more boredom.
- The people who try to minimize pain are coming up with excuses to not do a certain activity.
- Those who want to maximize pleasure are not concerned with the adjacent pain.
Both extremes lead to boredom.
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