Tip: Rather than trying to pretend like your mistakes never happened, own up to them. Recognize that once a mistake is made, only you are in control of how you deal with it. You can choose to engage in destructive behavior (i.e. go off into a frenzy, beat yourself up, blame others, etc.), or you can choose to face the problem and solve it without attaching yourself to negative emotion. Numbers 1–5 are so important, they require a book. I’m working on that, but for now…lets focus on number 6. Perfection kills progress…

His 9th studio album, 'Perfection Kills,' is set for worldwide release on Friday 2nd February 2017. Dan started writing songs and recording the new album in 2016. Some of the songs were co-written and arranged with Theo Crous.Perfectionism has an element of compulsivity, and anything short of perfection is seen as a failure.” – Ellen Bowers Practice Responding To Circumstances Versus Reacting To Them – It not only buys you time to gather information but also allows you to refer to the facts rather than to your emotions. People often confuse perfection with excellence. The pursuit of excellence is a healthy striving to be outstanding or above average. It promotes personal growth and improvement. But perfectionists don’t expect just excellence; they have such painfully high standards that anything short of perfect is intolerable. Unlike seeking excellence, perfectionism is a narrow, intolerant expectation that we will never make mistakes or have any imperfections.” – Sharon Martin Perfectionism doesn’t spring from nowhere. People with perfectionism, if they take the time to investigate their personal history and do a careful appraisal of their environment, will see that it’s no accident that they have perfectionistic tendencies. Some of the origins might be genetic, which, of course, are completely out of a person’s control, and others are found in the surroundings and significant relationships that impact a person’s life” – Ellen Bowers

By focusing more attention on these good things, you can build your self confidence up. And you can simply recognize that things are pretty good most of the time. Most people think of perfectionism as a good thing. What’s wrong with working hard to reach lofty goals? But perfectionism can go too far—much farther than pulling all-nighters to hand in the perfect paper or cleaning the house until it shines. Toxic perfectionism can result in obsessive behavior, damaged self-esteem, depression, and even physical ailments.” – Ellen BowersChance of collisions” is non-existent as well. Since the methods that are being shimmed are part of a standard, and we’re shimming them according to standard, there’s no chance of collisions of any sort. Either implementation has those methods, or it doesn’t. If it doesn’t, methods are shimmed. That’s it. If Fleming were hellbent on being perfect, we would never have this invention. He would return to his lab, see what was happening, freak out, throw it away because it was not perfect, and we’d all be popping zits while coughing up a lung. Perfectionism can be an elusive difficulty to understand, as the American culture rewards hard work, commitment to results, putting in long hours, and high achievement. However, striving for excellence is different from striving for perfection. Perfection is hopeless; it is virtually unattainable.” – Ellen Bowers Pervasive fear of failing is at the heart of unhelpful perfectionism and seems to drive most unhelpful behaviors. “Failure” can be a wide range of things such as making a mistake, being socially awkward, not being liked or loved enough, or not earning enough money. Fear of failure is generally more intense when other people might see you fail.” – Jennifer Kemp Patlansky started 2014 off with a bang when he was chosen to open for Bruce Springsteen in front of 64,000 people at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg in February on his High Hopes tour. Patlansky was personally approved by Springsteen as the support act, seeing as Springsteen rarely has guest artists for his shows. A milestone, Patlansky played in front of the biggest audience of his career.

The inescapable contrariety between ‘being a perfectionist’ and ‘being a procrastinator’ is never actually perceived by someone who procrastinates.” — Mrityunjay DixitPositive and negative perfectionism and their relationship with anxiety and depression in Iranian school students – PMC (nih.gov) Toxic perfectionism is like a foggy lens of perception. Everything will be musty and moldy because of the lens, not because of the nature of the actual experience or situation. This is quite difficult to understand when one is in it. It helps to have trusted people—spouse, friend, or therapist—who can point it out.” – Ellen Bowers

At least in the field and expression of Art, the chase for flawlessness is sincere, for at least in the bright lights, the darkest shadows and the fullness of representation is at its most positive, it has the want to be great, not for its own sake, but to spread joy, satisfaction and contemplation of the idea at hand, the concept as a belief; for everything else, politics, love, life, relationships, the way we talk, the way we act, it is an illusion and Perfection Kills.

Many people think of perfectionism as a personality trait, something that affects you during your whole life. Yet, if you see perfectionism as part of your personality, it is difficult to change.” – Jennifer Kemp Tip: Whenever you're tempted to take on more than you realistically can, ask yourself if the task is absolutely necessary for your business or whether it can be delegated or outsourced. Even if no one can do it as well as you can, how much imperfection are you willing to accept to have more energy, time, and vitality? If there's someone who can do a low-priority task that will save you tons of hours but only produce about 70% of the quality, is it worth getting off your plate? Here are the basic techniques to help you remain grounded to make deliberate choices to fuel your optimal performance: But I am learning that perfection isn’t what matters. In fact, it’s the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.” — Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed