Comments on: Negative Self Talk for Writers: Perfectionism

By: Jeanne Dininni

Jeanne Dininni — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:59:36 +0000

How true, John! How can we expect anyone to live up to our expectations when they don’t even know what those expectations are.? (Of course, whether or not they’d want to live up to those expectations, even knowing what they are, is another question entirely!)

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:33:12 +0000

@ Lillie,

I’m actually not much of a perfectionist. there are other items on the list that are far bigger problems for me.

@ Meryl,

Perfectionism’s biggest downside is time.

@ Jeanne

The biggest problem comes when we judge someone by rules that they aren’t even aware of.

By: Jeanne Dininni

Jeanne Dininni — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:01:42 +0000

John,

Thanks for pointing out how important it is to consider the context when judging anything! I think this is where many of us stray from the mark–particularly those of us with more perfectionistic tendencies. We tend to have our own inflexible standards which we often apply across-the-board, rather than judging each case individually.

Great advice!
Jeanne

By: Meryl K. Evans

Meryl K. Evans — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:25:27 +0000

Learning to balance perfectionism with time commitment. Not easy... but it must be done. Meryl K. Evanss last blog post..Zeeby Awards Results

By: Lillie Ammann

Lillie Ammann — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:50:46 +0000

John,
You’re talking to me on this one! Perfectionism is something I really struggle with.