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 ...

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 ...

You probably know the feeling. You have big ideas, high standards, and a packed schedule, but something still keeps you from moving forward. If you’re a female entrepreneur, perfectionism and ...

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 ...

I woke up this morning later than I wanted to, and it all started because my phone's ringer was turned way down. I kept hearing my ringtone in my dreams, but I didn’t realize it was real until much ...

Like much else, perfectionism exists on a spectrum. On the one end is absolute perfectionism, where the individual needs to be perfect in everything that seems to be valuable in whichever community ...