According to Joanna Gaines, she once was a perfectionist who needed to be in control. But in writing her new book and first solo memoir, The Stories We Tell, she discovered “the root insecurity of ...

Writing can take a lot of time. Sometimes that's because research needs to be done; sometimes the business owner you're working with may have unexpected changes; and sometimes you can be your own ...

You’re probably under pressure at work. Work keeps getting faster, more urgent, and more demanding. And it’s natural to want to do your best. But striving to be perfect can wreak havoc on your mental ...

Perfectionism has its benefits and drawbacks, just like any other personality trait. The need for perfection can push you to give your best effort. On the other hand, it might lead to disappointment ...

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 ...

Hamlet isn’t the only one to dismiss written compositions as simply “Words, words, words,” without any larger significance or meaning. So, too, do too many of my students, who treat writing ...

Samantha Bennett, author of Get It Done and self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist offers the following advice for overcoming perfectionism once and for all: "Get a 'C'." She continues: "Quit trying ...

It's official. I have a healthy ... err, unhealthy ... dose of perfectionistic procrastination paralysis. Well that's my term for it. The inability to start a task or the consistent delay of starting ...