Striving For Excellence
- Trying to do something perfectly is fine but always trying to be a perfectionist is a recipe for disaster.
- Striving for perfection is an avoidable ‘impossible standard’ that makes one self-critical.
- Failure to reach the impossible standard lowers one's self-worth.
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