Understanding Perfectionism: High Standards Explained
The American Psychological Association defines perfectionism as “the tendency to demand of others or of oneself an extremely high or even flawless level of performance, in excess of what is required by the situation.”
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Exploring Healthy Perfectionism and Its Facets
There’s a certain amount of healthy perfectionism, we’ll call it perfectionistic strivings. I this is you, you’re naturally more driven. You push yourselves to be excellent and you set high goals for yourself. You can even overdo it sometimes when you try to meet these goals by losing sleep or neglecting other obligations. In this video I talk about six facets of perfectionism.
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