Perfectionism in psychology refers to a constant pursuit of fast and accurate or basically accurate theories, and the pursuit of perfect character or theory, which is often accompanied by self-denial and concern for others' evaluation. Perfectionism has a multi-dimensional character, which has both positive and negative aspects. Pathological perfectionism will make people pursue unattainable goals, and failure will bring great pain. Normal perfectionism can give people the motivation to pursue their goals and bring fun at the same time.
From the definition, perfectionism has both advantages and disadvantages. It is a good thing, but it may also bring bad results.
Perfectionism is divided into perfectionism in thought and perfectionism in action. Ideologically perfectionist, everything wants to be the ultimate perfection. They should think through all the links before doing things, which makes it difficult to take the first step and often makes them anxious. Perfectionists in action pursue constant perfection. They often make a usable product first, constantly improve it in action, and let the product slowly approach the perfect appearance in their hearts. The perfectionism of ideas is still in the input stage. They always draw dry goods, nutritious articles and valuable ideas. But rarely output their own thoughts and feelings. Perfectionism in action is the output state. They bravely took the first step and output their content continuously and steadily. Even if their articles are poor at first, they will always write good articles through constant iteration and self-renewal. Although the quality of input is positively related to the quality of output, there is no necessary causal relationship between them, and output is the key factor for a person's growth.
Many people in my knowledge planet share articles, but few of them can continuously and stably output. It's not that I don't want to share, it's that I don't want to write articles without highlights. Everyone is holding back big moves, and the articles sent out must be full of dry goods and many highlights. A friend once asked me how to improve my writing. I suggested that he register an official WeChat account to write articles, but he stopped writing after writing a few articles. Later, in the chat, he said that he envied my official WeChat account for continuously outputting good articles. I said, don't you know how many bad articles I've written before?
Many people like photography. They like to walk around with their cameras, but they never press the shutter. They are looking for the perfect light, angle and scenery, so that they can take the perfect photos. But good works are all made. If you shoot enough, you will naturally have a perfect picture in your heart.
At work, leaders will ask employees to provide detailed plans, when to reach many users, when to complete how much sales, and each task has an accurate deadline. We are the same in life, we will arrange the time of the day fully and plan it even to the minute. However, in our work and life, plans can never keep up with changes and can never predict future variables. Moreover, too precise and detailed plans often cannot be completed on time, which will only increase our sense of loss.
A person's growth is like the process of biological evolution, which is slowly updated iteratively, keeping the good and discarding the bad. If you are an ideological perfectionist, please take the first step. If you don't hatch, you will always be an egg. If you want to experience the excitement, let's go out first.