At job interviews, hiring managers will invariably ask the question meant to reveal some serious weakness in the candidate: what is your biggest flaw? And, too often, candidates will reply that they are perfectionists. But is being a perfectionist really a flaw, or is it a quality, or – as used in an interview — a flaw that most people this is a quality? Is being a perfectionist a flaw? And this brings up an interesting question. When it comes to work product, what should the measure of quality be? Perfect? Close to perfect? Good enough? How are these terms even measured? Can any work product be “perfect”? And, if not, what is a perfectionist to do? Let’s debunk some of the false narratives surrounding perfect work and perfectionists.
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