Perfection Paralysis and How to Reduce It

Perfection paralysis describes the state you find yourself in when you’re desperate to reach 200 percent of your potential, yet you only manage zero percent. Salvador Dali said that you must rule out the idea of perfection from your mind because you’ll never achieve it. However, your brain can’t help but nurture this unhealthy need. In the movie world, no director was more of a perfectionist and more obsessed with detail than David Lean. Thanks to him, we have films like Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge Over the River Kwai, and Doctor Zhivago. However, his obsession with every tiny detail was…