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Your demands on yourself are always higher than your manager's; if your work doesn't meet your internal perfect standard, you become highly anxious. This morbid pursuit of precision is actually a thick armor you use to defend against "I'm not good enough"; you fear any tiny mistake will prove your incompetence, so you'd rather overdraw your life to carve details to the extreme. But true professionalism knows how to trade off between resources and quality. Try intentionally delivering an 80% result on your next non-critical task; you'll find that even if it's imperfect, the world keeps spinning, and you can finally catch your breath.
💡 Did you know?
Research distinguishes 'adaptive perfectionism' from 'maladaptive perfectionism' — the first pursues high standards but accepts reasonable imperfection; the second is driven primarily by fear of failure. Adaptive perfectionists outperform average by 19% professionally and score higher on mental health indices.
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