Is being a perfectionist a bad thing when working on your own things? Is it bad when working on customers problems?

There's a type of perfectionism that can be your downfall. That is if the quality of your work is not simply something that you highly value, but it's a compulsion that you cannot control. That's like the difference between being a wine lover and an alcoholic.It's especially important when you are doing work for someone else, whether a client or your boss.

Because they, not you, are the ultimate judge of your work, and they may value different things than you do. For example, they make want work that is good enough and completed quickly rather than work that is perfect in every way, but takes a long time to produce. Your perfectionism in that kind of environment may not be so much a "bad" thing as a misfit between you and the career you've ended up in.

If you're doing your own thing, whether perfectionism is a problem depends on whether your work really is for yourself only, and what you hope to gain from it. If you want to make a living from your work then there are still clients involved ultimately. You may write novels on your own, but one masterpiece every ten years may not pay you enough, where turning out a book a year might.

If you are doing the work for its intrinsic satisfaction only then there's no problem with being a perfectionist - unless you're so hard on yourself that you never do feel satisfied! But I'd recommend to anyone to at least once in a while do work to a level that you are truly proud of, even if your customers would happily settle for a lot less than that! There's few satisfactions like it.

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There is nothing wrong with being a perfectionist when you're doing your own thing, unless being the perfectionist makes it impossible for you to accomplish your goals.

It depends. I like easyeboy's answer, by the way. In my opinion, you want a perfectionist for certain customer problems.

If you're having a diamond graded, I don't think you're going to want an assessment that's handled casually. A perfectionist is a good thing in this context. On the other hand, you don't want to lose money while you wait for an answer, either.

There's a balance in all things, and finding it is profitable. When working on our own things, we can experiment with perfection and often bring new skill to our work later. I don't think there's any harm in it.

Being a perfectionist on your own projects can drive you nuts! I am a kitchen designer and tend to be a perfectionist. I have designed my own kitchen about 10,000 different ways and I am never quite happy with any of them.

When I am working on other people kitchen I try to make them happy and not afflict them with my perfectionist ways as much. Where it really pays off is in the follow through on the project. There I can be a perfectionist because the parameters are clear and set and I can make sure that the project is completed to the best I can do.

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