Is God a perfectionist?
J.B. Phillips, in his classic, Your God is Too Small, lists several common misconceptions of God. One he calls “Absolute Perfection.” Are you a perfectionist? Do you struggle…
Mastery or perfectionism?
There's a perfectionism that's counterproductive. Dialed in to details that don't ultimately matter, this is a form of waste, and can lead to endless delays…
“Don’t be hasty”
My children love Treebeard from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He's an ancient tree who walks and talks. When he rescues two hobbits,…
Failure and effort
I'm a perfectionist. That means I have an irrational fear of failure. Engage if you're relatively confident you can win--or, at the very least, not…