When perfectionism makes you a better creative, and when it doesn’t
In fact, one research study by psychologists specialising in creative persistence found that there’s something inherent about the creative process itself that causes what they call ‘disfluency’.1 Any creative project involves making mistakes, navigating blind corners, getting lost down dead ends, feeling embarrassed by early attempts.
Bec Evans, Chris Smith, • Written
13 Creative Commandments:
1. Talent is an important differentiator, but talent needs to put in the hours to excel.
2. Question everything. Question what is good, what is bad, why you like or don't like something. It's more important than ever in an algorithmic industry to play by your own rules.
3. Stand by the work that you make. Do not place disprop
... See morePerfectionism, by contrast, can become an enemy of life itself, freezing us in place while the world goes on without us.
David Von Drehle • The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
perfectionism is nothing more than a deep existential angst that says, again and again, “I am not good enough and I will never be good enough.”