I’m a bit of a perfectionist. Not quite the type of ‘perfectionist’ who answers “I have this tendency to want to do everything a bit too well” when asked for his biggest weakness, but rather the one who thinks: “I want to write a blog post in which I mention that I’m a perfectionist. So I definitely have to buy a book about perfectionism first (better make it two to be on the safe side and get different perspectives, let’s find out what are considered the most comprehensive books on the topic) and read at least a handful of scientific papers (better make sure I really read all the classics on the subject, I need to figure out who the most recognised experts on the subject are and what studies they consider to be classic readings and maybe that’ll also give me some more ideas for books I could buy) just to make sure I don’t write anything wrong or stupid. …more