Why Perfectionism Is The Root Of Burnout
4 min readSep 9, 2021
And how we can help our brains become more cognitively ‘flexible’
Many of us overachieving types have encountered perfectionism at some point in our lives. And likely, perfectionism for us is like water to a fish: a mindset so pervasive we can barely recognize its impact on our actions.
In the scientific world, ‘perfectionism’ is defined as a personality trait that…