Why Perfectionism Is The Root Of Burnout

Katina Bajaj
4 min readSep 9, 2021

And how we can help our brains become more cognitively ‘flexible’

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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…

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Katina Bajaj

Co-founder of @daydreamers. Author of On Adulting. Creative Thinker. A lot of things, but most importantly, a human being.