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By Christina Laun 由克里斯蒂娜laun

Although sometimes it may seem like it, no one is perfect.虽然有时可能似乎喜欢它,没有人是十全十美的。 Everyone makes mistakes and has at least a few faults.每个人都会犯错,并已至少有几个缺点。 And while it may seem like a noble goal, striving to be a perfectionist in your work or personal life can actually be more of a hindrance than a help in making you successful.虽然它似乎就像一个崇高的目标,努力成为一个完美的在您的工作或个人生活其实是可以更多的障碍比的帮助,使你成功。 Focusing on making every detail perfect can end up making you get less done, not to mention leave you in a constant state of anxiety.着眼于决策的每一个细节的完美,最终可以使您少做,更遑论离开,你在不断的状态焦虑。 These are a few ways you can stop worrying so much about being perfect, enjoy your work, and still get plenty done in a day.这些都是一些方法,您可以停止担心这么多关于完善,享受你的工作,仍然可以做很多在某一天。

1. 1 。 Set realistic expectations. While it might be wonderful to finish your current project, start another, get new clients and keep up with all your household chores, the reality is that expectations like that aren’t always realistic. 一套切合实际的期望,而可能是美妙的完成您的当前项目,启动另一个,获取新客户和保持与您所有的家务,现实情况是,期望一样,并不总是切合实际的。 There’s no sense in making yourself feel bad by setting yourself up to fail.有没有意义的,在作出自己觉得不好的通过设置自己的行动失败。 You don’t have to be perfect to be productive, so give yourself expectations that are something you can actual accomplish, you can always add on more later if you get ahead of schedule.您不一定要十全十美,要生产力,所以给自己的期望,这是一些你可以实际完成,您可以随时添加更多的后来如果你得到原计划提前。

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ~Harriet Braiker追求卓越的动力你;追求完美是士气低落。 〜哈里特braiker

2. 2 。 Give yourself credit. When you set goals for yourself, it’s easy to let yourself concentrate on the things that you haven’t accomplished instead of those you have gotten done. 给自己的信用。当您设定的目标为自己,这很容易让自己集中精力的事情,你有没有完成而不是那些你得到的工作要做。 Give yourself some credit for the milestones and small parts of projects that you get done along the way.给自己一些信贷为里程碑和一小部分的项目,你做了前进的道路上。

3. 3 。 Accept that you will make mistakes. While it might be hard for the true perfectionists out there, you can get a lot more done if you recognize that no matter what it is you’re doing, there are going to be some mistakes that you’ll make along the way. 接受,你将作出错误的同时,它可能难以真正完美了那里,你可以得到很多更多的做如果你认识到,不管是什么,您正在做的,有去有一些错误,你'当地雇员,使在前进的道路上。 Accept this, and use these as valuable learning experiences to be better in the future instead of beating yourself up over them.接受这一点,并利用这些宝贵的学习经验,能够更好地在未来的而不是打自己超过他们。

4. 4 。 Ask for help. Though you might feel it’sa blow to your pride, asking for help doesn’t make you weak or incompetent. 寻求帮助。虽然你可能会觉得这是打击你的自豪,要求帮助,并不使你软弱或不称职的。 Sometimes having an outside perspective or a little extra help can make all the difference.有时有一个以外的角度或一点点额外的帮助,可以使所有差异。

5. 5 。 Focus on the present. It can be easy to get caught up in worrying about past mistakes or things that are looming in the future that may never even happen. 着眼于目前,它可以很容易陷入了在担心过去的错误或事情是迫在眉睫的,在未来可能甚至从来没有发生。 Instead of trying to perfect your past and future, concentrate on doing what you need to do now to make yourself happy or get more work done.而不是试图以完善您的过去和未来,专注于做什么,你现在需要做的,使自己快乐或获得更多的工作。

6. 6 。 Just get it done. Getting things done perfectly is great, but just getting them done period isn’t too bad either. 刚刚获得这样做。得到的事情完全是巨大的,但是刚刚起步,他们所做的时期是不算太坏。 Focus more on the action of getting things done instead of putting so much effort into worrying about doing each thing perfectly.更专注于行动取得的事情,而是把这么多的努力,担心这样做每一件事完美。

7. 7 。 Relax. When you tense up because you’re worried or nervous about being less than perfect, you can make work a completely miserable and stressful experience. 放宽,当你紧张了,因为您担心或紧张,约少于完美的,你可以作出的工作,一个完全的悲惨和压力的经验。 Just relax instead.刚刚放宽。 Even if things don’t turn out perfectly, chances are good that things won’t be nearly as bad as you imagine.即使事情不变成完美,机会是很好的事情将不会近恶劣您的想象。

8. 8 。 Focus on the big picture. Perfectionists tend to focus on the little details, nitpicking every tiny aspect of a project, making it take much longer than it should. 着眼于大图片。完美倾向于把着重点放在小细节, nitpicking每一个细小的方面,一个项目,使花费更长的比它应该的。 Let go of the small things so you can focus on the bigger aspects of your projects.放手的小东西,因此您可以集中精力更大的方面,您的项目。

9. 9 。 Give yourself permission. It can be hard to stop looking at things through the eyes of a perfectionist. 给自己许可,它可以是很难停止寻找的东西,通过眼睛一个完美主义者。 You can start by giving yourself permission to be less than perfect and stop thinking of yourself as a failure when you don’t meet your own expectations.您就可以开始给自己的权限少于完善,并停止思想,自己作为一个失败,当你不符合自己的期望。

10. 10 。 Silence your inner critic. That nagging voice inside your head that tells you your work isn’t good enough can drive you to work harder, but it can also drive you crazy trying to achieve impossible perfection. 沉默您党内的批评者。困扰的声音,认为内你的头上,告诉您您的工作是不够好,可以推动你努力工作,但它也可以驱动器,你疯了努力实现不可能完善。 Replace those negative comments with with positive encouragement instead.取代这些负面评论,与正面的鼓励,而不是。

11. 11 。 Realize that someone can always find fault. You could spend hours tweaking a design, website or paper and no matter how much you do to it, someone can still come along and find fault. 知道有人总能找到故障。你可以花时间调整设计,网站或文件,也不管有多大,你这样做的话,有人仍然可以来一直和挑毛病。 Everyone’s idea of perfection is different, so understand that no matter how perfect you make something it will never be safe from criticism.大家的想法是不同的完善,所以明白,不管如何完善你的东西,它绝不会是安全的批评。 Realize this and you’ll be more willing to give yourself a bit of a break.实现这一点,您更愿意给自己一点休息。

12. 12 。 Use it as a motivational tool. Perfectionism doesn’t have to be totally bad. 用它作为激励的工具。完美,并不一定要完全坏。 Sometimes it can be a great motivational tool in pushing you forward.有时它可以成为一个伟大的激励工具,在推动你前进。 The trick is knowing where to draw the line between productive thinking and destructive thinking.诀窍在于知道在哪里划清界线之间的生产力的思想和破坏性的想法。 If you find your work making you more miserable than happy, then chances are you’ve crossed the line and need to take a step back.如果您发现您的工作使您更加悲惨,比快乐,然后有机会您已经跨过了线及需要采取的一个步骤。

13. 13 。 Stop comparing yourself to others. It’s fine to have someone to look up to, but constantly comparing yourself to others can ultimately be self destructive behavior. 停止比较,自己给他人。它的优良有有人看,但不断比较自己对他人的,可以最终将自我破坏性的行为。 Do the best you can do, not the best someone else can do.尽最大努力,你可以做的,不是最好的别人可以做的。

14. 14 。 Don’t overanalyze. Planning, preparation, and going over your work can be good things, but when you start overanalyzing things to the point that you don’t get started or finished with anything is counterproductive. 不overanalyze 。策划,准备,去你的工作能不能真正得到好的东西,但是当您启动overanalyzing的事情一点,你不开始或已完成的与任何反作用。 Remember that it doesn’t matter how great something is if it’s only half done.请记住,也不要紧,如何伟大的事情是,如果它的只有一半的工作要做。

15. 15 。 Lighten up. Your work may not be a joke but that doesn’t mean you have to treat it as a humorless endeavor. 减轻了。你的工作可能不是一个笑话,但这并不意味着你必须把它当作humorless努力。 Lighten up and you will be less willing to get bogged down in making everything perfect.减轻了,您将不太愿意陷入在作出一切都十全十美的。

16. 16 。 Learn to take criticism. No matter how perfect your work may seem, you’ll likely get some amount of criticism from users or clients. 学习采取的批评,不管如何完善你的工作似乎是,您可能会得到一些金额的批评,从用户或客户。 Learn to take these kind of comments as ways to make your work better, not as attacks on you personally.学习采取这些种意见的方式,使您的工作做得更好,而不是作为攻击对你个人。

17. 17 。 Stop procrastinating. Though it might seem odd, perfectionism can often lead to procrastination. 停止拖延,虽然它可能似乎多,可以完美往往会导致拖延。 If you find yourself reluctant to start projects until you can do them just right or until you have the perfect idea you’re likely letting your perfectionism get in the way of getting things accomplished.如果你发现自己不愿意启动项目,直到您可以做的只是他们的权利,或直至你有没有完善的想法您有可能让您在获得完美的方式把事情完成。 Just get started, you can always go back and revise later if you don’t like what you’ve gotten done.刚开始,您随时可以回去修改后,如果你不喜欢什么您得到这样做。

Taming your inner perfectionist can be a long and hard fought battle, but it can be worth it in the end if you feel better both about your work and yourself.驯服内心的完美,可一条漫长而艰难的战斗战役,但它可以值得在年底如果您觉得更好地都对您的工作和自己。 You’ll avoid loads of frustration, self imposed guilt trips, and maybe even get more done.您避免负载的挫折感,自我施加的罪恶感人次,甚至可能获得更多的工作要做。