Perfectionism: What It Is and How It Affects Your Life I used to hear people mention perfectionism as their “weakness” in job interviews because it secretly made them look good in the eyes of interviewers. I even used it myself—long before I realized that I genuinely struggled with it. On the surface, perfectionism can look like a positive trait. After all, what’s wrong with wanting your work to be excellent before putting it out into the world? But beneath the surface, it can be much more sinister, quietly holding us back from living fully. In many ways, perfectionism leads to incomplete projects, abandoned dreams, and a life of “almosts.” So…