It may be better to strive for ‘excellencism.’ Biographies of exceptional achievers tend to explain their success through ...

The collision is brutal. People enter their careers armed with perfectionism, only to discover it's actually their greatest liability. Real professionalism is about forward motion and pushing a ...

Healthy striving – a flexible wish to improve – accepts limits and understands that error is integral to mastery ...

What if there’s more than one kind of perfectionism, and what kinds of coping techniques might be useful for someone who ...

Perfectionism can be harmful to our emotional and psychological health if left unchecked. The desire to control everything at ...

While perfectionists fixate on their mistakes, due to a deep fear of losing respect, it's how we respond to our mistakes and ...

So many people struggle with the idea of perfectionism.For some, it shows up as making sure every detail is taken care of—being neat, dressing impeccably, and being overly cautious to avoid mistakes.

You might think your perfectionist streak is a reflection of your ambition. Mental health author Morra Aarons-Mele disagrees. "Perfectionism is anxiety," Aarons-Mele, host of "The Anxious Achiever" ...

Of course, we’re all shackled by perfectionism to some extent. Those last three statements were pulled from my own perfectionistic self-talk. In a world of carefully crafted profiles and photoshopped ...

Why Bruce Springsteen viewed himself as a "sociopath" during his younger years, specifically amidst the creation of 'Born To ...