Hello fellow stoics,

I like to share something that had such huge impact to my own life and played a big part in improving myself as person.

I used to be a perfectionist, but I realised that chasing perfectionism tends to leads to disappointment.

It is something that I have noticed when I went about my work. When I used to be a perfectionist, and I was approaching an assignment or project. I kept on thinking about the outcome, the perfect outcome to be precise.

I have realised that focusing too much on the desired (perfect) outcome actually led to procrastination. I wasn't focused on my assignment. I scared by it. I didn't want to fail.

So I made a decision to simply embrace my imperfections and let go of the outcome. The result, I became more productive. I focused on the assignment itself regardless of the outcome.

I managed to get it the assignment/project done.

This is just a food for thought. I actually wrote a blog post which goes into more detail. You can check it out if you like:

http://www.mistry-writer.com/why-you-shouldnt-strive-for-perfectionism/

But seriously, stop chasing perfectionism. My experience has shown that it doesn't get you anywhere.

A really good book that I read on the subject is called "How to be an imperfections" by Stephen Guise

Thanks for reading :)