High achievers usually have a “perfectionist” personality, which, on the surface seems like a good thing, but can actually be detrimental to success.
Someone who has a need to be perfect would also have a tendency to avoid the risk of making a mistake. They could resist pushing past comfort zones and thus avoid maximizing their potential. The perfectionist personality might also beat themselves up if something didn’t work out.
On the other hand, successful people understand that their success is due to the challenges they’ve overcome, as well as the mistakes they’ve learned from. They understand that “getting it right” is a process. Perfection is a quest for MORE, not a destination that somehow we just arrive at.
A quest is a journey we choose to take, and the quest for perfection is simply the process of becoming more, every day, every week, every year.
Although that seems obvious, our linear mind struggles to embrace its simplicity and its truth. As a result, we see ourselves as imperfect rather than accepting the process that the quest for perfection offers.
Here are two truths about perfection:
Look at the perfection you are becoming. You are perfect just the way you are, until you decide you want more.
Life is perfect just the way it is, until you are ready for more. And that, too, is perfect.
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