{"id":1778,"date":"2024-08-19T06:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T06:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2024-08-19T06:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T06:24:22","slug":"myth-of-the-week-3-perfection-is-the-enemy-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/myth-of-the-week-3-perfection-is-the-enemy-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth of the Week #3: Perfection Is the Enemy of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Claim:<\/em> Trying to be perfect stops you from being great. Accepting mistakes makes you creative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reality Check:<\/strong> Perfectionism can be paralyzing, but striving for high standards is not inherently bad. The key is finding a balance. Psychological studies indicate that adaptive perfectionism\u2014where high standards are coupled with self-compassion\u2014can drive excellence and creativity (Stoeber &amp; Otto, 2006). It\u2019s about learning from mistakes without letting them define you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stoeber, J., &amp; Otto, K. (2006). Positive conceptions of perfectionism: Approaches, evidence, challenges. <em>Personality and Social Psychology Review<\/em>, 10(4), 295-319.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also tired of the Nonsense?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We help your organization\u00a0 find the balance between high standards and self-compassion to achieve excellence. Contact us for more info!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claim: Trying to be perfect stops you from being great. Accepting mistakes makes you creative. Reality Check: Perfectionism can be paralyzing, but striving for high standards is not inherently bad. The key is finding a balance. Psychological studies indicate that adaptive perfectionism\u2014where high standards are coupled with self-compassion\u2014can drive excellence and creativity (Stoeber &amp; Otto, [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG-20150918-WA0008.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1781,"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions\/1781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-nonsense.management\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}