We want things to be perfect? Some of us cannot stand anything but perfection. Have you ever asked yourself what might be the cost of this approach to your career? I was asking myself the same question. And you have guessed I came across an article that suggests that:

• Perfectionism messes you up and messes up the people around you, because perfectionists lose perspective as they get more and more mired in details.
• We can never achieve perfection, yet so many of us die trying…
• It can lead to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hmmm. Does this ring a bell?
• People do not like to be around someone who is “Perfect”, “Always right”…

So what to do if you are a perfectionist? How to overcome that predicament:

• Allow yourself to be wrong in front of others.
• Be a hard worker rather than a perfectionist
• Spend your energy making yourself likable.

The above advice was based on an article by Penelope Trunk “Perfectionism Is a Disease. Here’s How to Beat It”