The Pro and Con of becoming a Perfectionist

Some perfectionist jokes

Perfectionism can occur in anyone. In men who is passionate about their work to women in their make-up. It has no necessary trait. I have many friend ,even my father which is a perfectionist. What different is the degree of perfection the person put upon themselves.

Perfectionism, in psychology, is a belief that perfection can and should be attained.Work or output that is anything less than perfect is unacceptable.(wikipedia)

Some say it is important to be a perfectionist and some say it is unhealthy.

Let first observe the advantage of becoming a perfectionist. Some job, require a certain level of perfection. For example, when building a house, a contractor have certain requirement that he/she must meet. For example the ratio of water in cement, the amount of steel in a structure. If the contractor neglect the requirement, it can be a disaster. The building will collapse.
Next, the product that is made by a perfectionist is always better than normal people. Perfectionist tend to make sure that even the small detail is covered. In term of business, this is important. Perfection is the thin line that differentiate facebook to friendster ( huhu..I'm sorry friendster's fan..Doesn't mean to offend )
Perfectionism is a driving factor for the person.

The disadvantage are, the work will take more time to finish. A simple make-up can take 1 hour if the person is a perfectionist. This is true. Imagine this situation, I can finish washing the dishes in 10 minutes top, but when my father do the dishes, it will probably take half an hour.

Some, put a very high standard of perfection that they become stressed that their body cannot achieve that standard.

Perfectionism can become a psychological disorder when the person become too obsessed with perfection
"everything must be as I plan. Nothing should go wrong"
For example, have you ever seen the TV series "Monk"? It is about a detective that have a Perfectionism disorder. Its a good story. =)

In conclusion, perfectionism is good but to certain extend.
Even in Islam, we must always 'be average' (besederhanalah dalam melakukan ibadat)

p/s : For me, I can be considered a SLOB! hehe..It's true. If ever a perfectionis came to be my roommate, he will become crazy of my untidiness.

Refferences:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfectionism_%28psychology%29
http://www.pollsb.com/photos/o/20632-perfectionists.jpg
http://positive.ws/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Perfectionism-Article.jpg

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