Is Perfectionism a Bad Idea?

Yen: Perfectionism is a curse and something that can be quite unhealthy. There are reams of studies, reams of data to show that when we hold ourselves to absolute perfection as the goal, we do perform less well. Once i made that shift, my life had so much more joy, and i was so much mMy humanity feels fuller, and i kind of could get down to the messy work of being human in a way that just felt so much better to me.