Perfection

I have always been a perfectionist; it’s a trait that’s followed me for as long as I can remember. I constantly strived for the highest grades, the nicest clothes, and the most friends. Perfection was a part of me that I understood and could handle, but when I reached high school, I lost all control. At that point, it didn’t just describe me, it defined me. When I entered ninth grade as the ambitious, young freshmen I was, I had no idea what was coming. I expected straight A’s in all of my…

What Paints the Picture of Perfection: Perfect: to be without fault or flaw. One will spend their whole life trying to achieve perfection, and yet, they may never reach it. Perfection is a key motif in both Luisa Valenzuela’s “The Censors” and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s. Luisa Valenzuela’s “The Censors” is a short story that follows Juan, an Argentinian man trying to become a censor, in order sneak his letter out of his country without suspicion. Unfortunately, Juan censors his own letter and…

content with the end result of a problem solution, people avoiding to try something new because they are afraid of failing, or that they will be seem useless (Callard-Szulgit, 2012). Process Illustration The idea of reaching perfection is appealing to many people. Can perfection be reached? When advertisers make their…

quest for perfection. In Peter Goldsworthy's 1989 bildungsroman novel Maestro, Paul learns this the hard way, through his piano studies. He is motivated by his father, Eduard Keller, his piano teacher, and he himself strives for perfection. He trains intensely with Keller and decides to persist in his quest for perfection even though he is consistently told that "he is talented" "he will become a great musician". For a short period of time he puts popularity over his quest for perfection by…

achieve moral perfection, he creates a chart listing thirteen virtues and their precepts as a guideline for his self-examination. Though Franklin's intentions were of good gesture, the plan he devised was flawed due to basic human nature, lack of emotion, and different interpretations…

By now, we hope you have read our blog Branding Habits - Perfection vs. Excellence. If you haven’t, we encourage you to read it. It will help you identify pitfalls of perfection that can ruin your personal brand. Often, a perfectionist is an isolationist who surrounds themselves with people they belittle. They are not better than those people, but they try to give others the impression they are better then them. A perfectionist creates barriers that sets up irrelevant standards others cannot…

he will deny himself the opportunity of acting upon his true desires. But his true desires are selfish, and selfishness is immoral, and therefore should not be something that a moral saint does. These items conflict with the attainment of moral perfection, and therefore should not be desired. You do not need to be rich or have expensive, material items in your life in order to bring yourself true happiness. Being a morally good person will bring you happiness because you are practicing ideals…

Irony: At the beginning, Rainsford says to Whitney: “The world is made up of two classes--the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters.” I find this Ironic, since after Rainsford goes on the island, he becomes the huntee, and Zaroff is the hunter. Rainsford is talking about luck, and in this story, he has next to zero luck. He loses his ship, his pipe, his access to the real world, his hunter friend, and gets chased down by a crazy killer who kills for fun. I think that the fact…

with almost similar result, told me that I was over-stressing myself. ‘90+ is an A* dude, why bother to get more?’ was their general reaction. But still, 99 out of 100 left a gap somewhere for me - a room for improvement. And that’s what wanting perfection has made me understand- the fact you’re never perfect. Trying to be perfect has helped to improvise on my errors; it has helped me to learn from my…

Strengthen Imperfections Perfection, it is a goal that everyone strives for in some way, whether it be a perfect paper, perfect hair, or a picture perfect life. To achieve even a modicum of perfection you must improve. Improvement is a constant job. There is always something that can be improved. Benjamin Franklin said “Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” The three biggest areas that I need improvement in are public…