“Do your best and leave the rest” is a tricky balance for the perfectionist. Yet it sums up a measure of health for those who have high, exacting standards for themselves or others. In this episode of Breaking Bread, Ted Witzig Jr. teaches us about two types of perfectionism.
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We love perfectionists. Who wouldn’t want a perfectionist as their builder, accountant, or surgeon? Perfectionists hold high standards and are successful and acclaimed because they do. This is precisely why perfectionism is tricky…strengths can become weaknesses.
Three types of perfectionism:
Desires can be tricky. Is it okay to have them? Is it okay to voice them? What if I get my way? Does that make me selfish? In this episode of Breaking Bread, Brian Sutter helps us understand how having and voicing desires is not all bad, in fact, it can be healthy.
Unhealthy Desire | Healthy Desire |
Desire for things that God has not allowed. | Desire for things that God has given to us to enjoy. |
Selfishness: insisting on satisfying one’s desires in a way that brings about strife and is at the expense of others. | Voicing desires while understanding that others have desires that will need to be acknowledged. |
Damages relationships. | Enhances relationships. |