the perfectionist trap
1 min readFeb 13, 2018
from the genius mind of Alain de Botton:
“Sometimes because of the ubiquitous, seemingly pain-free achievement narratives of others, we cannot forgive ourselves the horrors of our early first drafts …
It’s partly because our media edits out billions of unremarkable trials, years of failure, rejection, and frustration in those we hold up as achievers: they serve up a daily curated selection of peak relationship and career moments and end up giving them the appearance that their successes are not the violent exceptions they actually are.”
