Unhealthy perfectionism's preoccupation with infinitely increasing status and security misses the ingredient that makes ...

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 ...

Perfectionism is often at the center of a host of ills, said clinical psychologist, professor and author Dr. Ellen Hendriksen. (CNN) — The start of the year can be exhausting: After running yourself ...

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

Here, Curran shares five key insights from his new book, The Perfection Trap: The Power of Good Enough in a World That Always Wants More. Listen to the audio version—read by Curran himself—in the Next ...

If you’re struggling with perfectionism, you’re invited to discover a new way of living. Rev. Melinda Pupillo joined Our Quad ...

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 ...

Bad news: your secret’s out. Everyone’s realized you didn’t get where you are through skill or competence, and that you just lucked into it. You don’t belong here, not among all these people who ...

Perhaps somewhere in your life, you had a teacher, a parent, or a sibling who placed unusually high demands on you. Asking, expecting, even demanding that you always do better or be better. Sometimes, ...

Randi Braun of Something Major is the Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author of Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work. “And I’m telling you, nobody made that Taco Bell bathroom sparkle ...

ATLANTA - The drive to be the best at everything we do, meaning not just good, but perfect, may sound like a positive trait, at least on the surface. It means we have high standards, and a drive for ...

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" ...