When it comes to carrying out specific tasks or making decisions, those with perfectionist tendencies can be prone to engaging in demands about themselves and others:

“ My work/decisions must always be 100% accurate... or else…”

“My team must never see me put in a less...

Why do perfectionists feel the need to be perfect? Why is nothing less than flawless acceptable for them? What does it mean to them to be less than perfect, to have flaws, to make mistakes?

Essentially, for many perfectionists, being less than perfect means being inade...

I finally stopped being all perfectionistic about my perfectionism blog and got started. As someone who works closely with people with perfectionism and researches the effects of perfectionism I’m still not immune to its effects myself. Indeed, my interest in perfectio...