What really lies behind perfectionism
Inspiration / / December 26, 2019
It is perfectionism - is the desire to do everything in the best possible way? Or behind it other motives? Author Allison Jonas (Jonas Ellison) Blog Higher Thoughts to Medium shared his thoughts about what really lies behind the desire to bring everything to perfection.
How often do you say to yourself: "I'm not ready to show the work, because it's still far from perfect," or "Yes, it's cool, but I need to get acquainted with this more closely?"
According to Jonas Ellison, in such moments in you awakens unhealthy perfectionism, which kills creativity. As a result, you throw the project because he was not perfect.
You work hard to make it even better. And then another. And so on ad infinitum, until you realize that moving away from the truth.
But what really stands behind perfectionism? The desire to endlessly improve anything the author compares with cowardice.
Perfectionism pretending sophisticated and highbrow, but in reality it is a manifestation of cowardice. We hide behind the mask of the banal snobbery fear. As a result, high expectations make us feel worthless and inhibit creativity.
According to Elliott, mistakes and imperfections make the people by the people, not robots. They stimulate creativity and move the work forward.
Errors and imperfections - all it costs for real art. This is what moves work. And makes us human - the creators of the beautiful imperfections.