Principal symptoms of burnout include a sense of depletion, fatigue, and exhaustion; a cynicism or emotional distance from your job, whether it is in the workplace or the home; and a reduced efficacy ...

Perfectionists fixate on cultivating certainty by discovering a thing's essence, which inevitably leads to a state of dejection and emptiness.

Most of us know that we can do better and we often strive to improve ourselves by trying harder, looking for opportunities to learn, and persisting at tasks that are important to us. But some of us ...

PROVO, Utah (ABC4) — Over the past eight years researchers from Brigham Young University have studied perfectionism in young people and its impact on religiosity and mental health, revealing some ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. It’s wrong to assume that striving for perfectionism is inherently bad. It’s often healthy for artists, athletes, and many service ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Perfectionism is a habit that many well intentioned workers ...

Understanding what depression is – and what it is not – is often the first step toward relief.

I have decided in my post-retirement years that I will be more than satisfied with living a life of meaningful mediocrity. Moreover, l will kick to the curb any thoughts of achieving perfection in any ...

In 1999, NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because one engineering team used metric units while another used imperial. The spacecraft was flawless in design, yet it disintegrated in the Martian ...