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Perfectionism harms the career, warns the expert - which method promises more success

2021-11-10T09:13:51.717Z


If you always want to be perfect in your job, you can deprive yourself of many opportunities. An expert, who has already seen many people fail, warns against this.


If you always want to be perfect in your job, you can deprive yourself of many opportunities.

An expert, who has already seen many people fail, warns against this.

Regardless of whether it is for a presentation in front of the team or for customer orders: Many employees and managers always want to deliver perfect work in order to be successful in their job *.

Too much perfectionism can do exactly the opposite, warns an expert.

Why perfectionism hurts in the job

Kerry Goyette is a management consultant and founder of the Aperio Consulting Group.

In the online magazine

Harvard Business Review

, she mentions one of the greatest weaknesses that can stand in the way of a career.

And in fact, perfectionism is one of them for her: "We should all strive to do our best, but people who always want to be perfect often miss deadlines and opportunities," explains the experienced coach.

"I've seen this habit derail executives so badly that they don't submit work because they never think it's good enough."

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You should get rid of this fear - if you want to be successful in your job.

Expert recommends other tactics for success in the job

Instead of getting lost in attention to detail, you should rather seek feedback on what results or costs are expected and what deadlines have to be met, advises Goyette.

Set checkpoints, for example halfway through the work done, to get feedback on the current status.

This helps to prevent excessive perfectionism and its negative consequences.

(as) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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