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Perfectionism is a coping mechanism for unpredictability.
5 Battle Strategies for Winning the War on Perfectionism | Write to Done 2010
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Perfectionism is an epic deception – promising the pinnacle of achievement and offering only self doubt, procrastination and inaction.
5 Battle Strategies for Winning the War on Perfectionism | Write to Done 2010
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Perfectionism is so unnecessary, yet we are all trained to ascribe to it.
5 Battle Strategies for Winning the War on Perfectionism | Write to Done 2010
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Perfectionism, which is the theory that we should maximize the achievement of excellence, was most strongly advocated by Nietzsche and is even further from concerning itself about the worst-off than Nozick's theory is; and when more plausible advocates of a perfectionist position talk about social justice, they tend to water down their perfectionism with a dose of something that looks like utilitarianism.
The Right to Be Rich or Poor Singer, Peter 1975
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I'm onto the "Perfectionism" chapter in the book that the ex gave me.
moschikat Diary Entry moschikat 2003
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"Perfectionism" was written out for me as authoritative:
The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation Charles Nordhoff 1865
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"Perfectionism," according to Dr. Greenspan "is wanting to be perfect, especially at things you do.
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Perfectionism sells itself as the ideal, the apex, what you could be if all the stars aligned.
5 Battle Strategies for Winning the War on Perfectionism | Write to Done 2010
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Perfectionism vs. the writer. on 01 Apr 2010 at 6: 39 am Barbara Forte Abate
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » A Left-Brained Approach to Revision 2010
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Perfectionism is a contemporary menace for women on many fronts.
Beth Weinstock: Gloria Steinem Is Alive and Well, Reminding Us 'That Perfect Is Boring' and 'Beauty Is Irregular' Beth Weinstock 2011
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