In our desire to be bulletproof (safe from being criticized by others) it’s not hard to drift into perfectionism as depicted in this poster.
At the far left end you see a little box. “I want to keep my room this way.” The next box out is, “I want to keep my room this way and I want to do my school work this way.”
The third box out over to the right is, “I want to keep my room this way, I want to do my homework this way, and I want to do my relationships this way.”
The next box out is, “I want to keep my room this way, I want to do my homework this way, I want to do my marriage this way, and I want my kids to be this way.” You can see what happens.
As life goes along that front gets longer and longer and longer, and pretty soon I can no longer sustain it. It starts to crack at that far end.
That’s where I think some people go back. They divorce, leave their family, and go back to that very first box on the left. They go back to living in an apartment where they can keep things just like they want it.
Others go on to mature.
Perfectionism limits what a leader is able to do in life. Perfectionism limits what a leader is able to delegate to others. Perfectionism paralyzes leadership and demoralizes the leader’s followers.
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