Perfectionist. Is this good?

In a way yes, but really in another way no. I think that perfection is something to strive for and really in a way, we should also seek out ways to be a little bit better at everything. Of course in many other ways, being a perfectionist is not a good thing. Because we will find ourselves struggling for a goal. Not only struggling for a goal, but there are going for a goal that pretty much is borderline impossible. I think that people who really want to be the best, while that is an admirable goal, is shooting a little bit high for their own good. I think that we should be satisfied with just being merely very good. There will always be time and room for some level of improvement. Yet some people cannot stand to see people beat them. Vanity is a harsh downfall of many people and one that will trip them up. Do not strive for perfection, just be as good as you can and understand that there is room for improvement.

Well, I guess I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and don't mind admitting it.Although it is positive because it means I improve on something whatever I do, in the end this doesn't matter because I'm never happy with the end product, even if other people think it's a good thing.However, this doesn't usually make me lose interest in whatever I'm trying to achieve perfection in just about almost everything. An example is a pre-modded forum which I have been creating for over half a year. It has been ready so many times I've almost lost count, but then I decide that it's actually not good enough for me to release even when people like it.I guess therefore losing interest because your striving for perfection which cannot be achieved is dependant on the person, and not if you are in fact a perfectionist, or not. I'm the kind of perfectionist that rarely gives up, causing me to have a lot of projects which last longer to complete until I'm finally ok with the final project, which again rarely happens.That's what I do with my time.

I think that perfectionism can be something good and something bad as well. It depends on the way that perfectionism affects your life. Perpectionism can be a good thing if you don't exaggerate it. When you are a perfectionist the quality of your of work is very, very good, because you double-check your work and you keep on improving your work and you aren't satisfied till the work is perfect. That way you can create things of a very high quality, and that is a positive thing. On the other hand perfectionism becomes problematic if you are unable to finish your work. Some perfectionsists experience that, they are never completely satisfied and they keep on changing the things they have made. When I went to nursing school my friend and I often did our group assignments together. She was very, very perfectionistic and it was very hard for her to finish the assignments, because she always felt that she could improve them and she went on and on and on. She was one of my best friends, I really liked her as person and we generally worked well together, but her perfectionism was a problem. She couldn't leave the assignments when they were finished, and we often disagreed about this topic. I wanted to go home when we had answered all of questions, but she wanted to stay and improve the sentences over and over.

I would say ask this question to people in the corporate world who implements quality control regime to attain perfection. and then who actually follow the same ...it is the employee and then it becomes a part of life for these people...even in personal life. I was at one point working in one such team. I can tell you it is not easy. Not easy to follow and be a perfectionist,nor tell someone again and gain that they are not doing things correctly (to achieve 100% QC rank) anyways. I would say, it is our life and not necessarily lead a perfectionist life.

I believe in a well balance life. Perfectionism is good as you make things of a certain standard but the problem with it is you will tend to neglect the other areas where you think is not neccessary. Higher standards means higher expectation, with higher expectation comes more stress. So if you think you can handle it , go for it.

Back when I was in art school, I was struggling with getting a project just right, one day. It was not going well. My Dad told me to stop for a minute. He then asked, "You're a perfectionist, aren't you?" I replied, "Well, I suppose so." He had the most serious expression I think I'd ever seen come onto his face when he said, "You'll never be happy."

This discussion it right on the money. Although some strive for perfection, there is really no such thing as perfection. Because in this world, nothing is perfect. But something could be close to perfect. A perfectionist shoots for the stars and when it is looked upon as excellent, there are always negatives that go along with that. Thats when the perfectionist becomes disheartened and pushes harder to achieve perfection. But it is more like a cat chasing it's tail. It will never be achieved.

In my point of view, I think that being perfectionist all the time will work in a short time but will not work all the time, especially in the long run. We are not perfect and most of the time, we'll commit mistakes along the way. It's good to have high standard but being perfectionist doesn't work for me. I tend to lose patience in being with a perfect person. I would rather be with a person that allows room for learning so mistakes are part of learning.

Do you that craving for perfection is a mental disorder? It is called Obsessive Compulsive or simply known as OC. I see nothing wrong of being perfect but of course too much isn't good as well. My boyfriend is a bit OC specially when it is about hygiene. Sometimes its really annoying but in the long I got used to it.