Are you a perfectionist?

Are you a perfectionist?

Answer the questions below to gain an understanding of yourself and your motivations. This will help you see the distinction between perfectionism and high achievement.

  • 1. When you go on holiday you like to:




  • 2. You’ve had a party at your house and the living room is a state. You:




  • 3. You are driving a friend to the station when you go the wrong way. You are thinking:




  • 4. You have failed at something you were asked to do. You:




  • 5. You are late for an important meeting because your bus was stuck in traffic. You feel:




  • 6. How high were your parents’ expectations of you when you were a child?




  • 7. Which of the following did you hear from your parents most often?




  • 8. How tough on yourself are you?




  • 9. You’re a bit late getting a report ready at work. Why?




  • 10. When you have completed a task you generally feel:




Comments

  • Lib   (August 14, 2010 at 9:38 pm) Reply  |  spam

    I’m not sure whether my result ‘quicker, higher, louder’ implies perfectionism or not?!

  • Angela   (June 5, 2010 at 9:29 pm) Reply  |  spam

    My result was “Leaving things to fate” and it’s spot on.

  • Gary Sall   (April 5, 2010 at 7:40 pm) Reply  |  spam

    Having perfectionist tendencies can be a cause of procrastination.Human beings being fallible creatures cannot be 100% perfect.This can lead us to be too hard on ourselves if we fail to attain our ideals of perfection.
    Striving to do one’s best while trying to improve all the time will help in keeping us emotionally stable and happy.

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