Comments on: The man who never makes mistakes

By: Deanna Keahey

Deanna Keahey — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:33:38 +0000

Perfectionism... I used to think this was a good thing, and I remember arguing the point with someone else who told me perfectionism was a problem. But now I understand. Perfectionism is not the same as the drive for excellence, and "the perfect is the enemy of the good" sometimes.

By: Percy S

Percy S — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:02:29 +0000

I'm guilty of being obsessive compulsive - I need everything to do things in perfection and it's causing a lot of frustration since it's not always possible. Thanks for reminding so that I need to moderate my perspective.

By: Deanna Keahey

Deanna Keahey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:35:54 +0000

Ana - You're right about picking the battles. Trying to make sure our website information is absolutely correct is a lot more important than making sure my file folders all have matching labels. (-:

By: Deanna Keahey

Deanna Keahey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:26:04 +0000

Scott - So I'm not the only one who rereads those e-mails! (-:

By: Ana

Ana — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:55:26 +0000

I think it's a matter of picking your battles, not sweating the small stuff, etc. I feel like I'm a perfectionist, but at the end of the day, I'm not going to let a little error get in the way of my happiness (for too long, anyway). ; )

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:15:29 +0000

I SO have this issue. I even go so far as to reread emails I have already sent! I always find things I want to change and its too late. I know that being a perfectionist takes a lot of time away from things that matter to me too. Great article!

By: Deanna Keahey

Deanna Keahey — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:26:55 +0000

Manoj - You're right, but sometimes it's easy to lose sight of this. Sometimes it's a lot easier to sink into the "how could I have done something so stupid" mode, rather than seeing it as something we can learn from. But as another quote I like says, "Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom". So if that's the case, we should welcome those mistakes!

By: ragulnaveen

ragulnaveen — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:28:46 +0000

You are absolutely right. We often try to do some new things but at our first try it always ends in vain. But it is not that we are going in a wrong way. A man learn things by making mistakes.

By: MANOJ TRIPATHI

MANOJ TRIPATHI — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:19:43 +0000

How true it is. We make mistakes all the time but that does nto mean tha t we are useless. Making mistakes is not wrong as long as one does not make a habit of making mistakes. Don't they say "To err is human" We are humans so we will make mistakes. We have got to learn from our mistakes. That is the crux.