“Perfect characters make for extremely boring stories” ~Jake Frew
How to Succeed at Failing: A SketchNote
When we interviewed superachievers for our book, we wanted to know how they had achieved their incredible success but in our conversations with them, something kept coming up that surprised us. [read more]
For anyone feeling like a failure. | Jake Frew
- Be still for 3 minutes. Try to move as little as possible but breathe deep.
- Are you a perfectionist? Tell us a little about your relationship to perfection in the comments below, please.
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Interesting article! Thanks for sharing.
Well it turns out being completely still for 3 minutes is not so easy. I had to set stop watch on phone and really concentrate to stay still. Interesting exercise.
I’m not a perfectionist but I live with one Lol. We do help make eachother better. I’ve taught him that everything doesn’t have to be perfect to get started and he’s helped me improved on the quality of things I do.
Thankfully, I have come to learn that I am perfectly made exactly the way I am. Not that I don’t need to improve or to make changes but to know that God has made me and therefore I am useful and precious.
I am not a perfectionist. I did not know 3 minutes took so long. I started off well not moving then I forgot I was not supposed to move about half way through. I decided to just keep going. I am an engineer in practice. When I was in school we would say, ballpark is good enough, I have found this works most of the time.
I am a perfectionist in some aspects of my life. I like to have all of my things in exactly the right place and positioned the proper way. For example, I am a perfectionist when it comes to folding and hanging my clothes. Thankfully, I’ve learned to ease up on this rigid thinking when It comes to other aspects of my life, like basketball.
I would say I’m the same way. I definitely am a perfectionist when it comes to certain things, but not everything. I am very particular about certain parts of my life. Over time, I have learned that this is not always a good thing. I am trying to be less rigid about things that I believe are less important.
I am a protectionist with organizing my clothes too lol! I color coordinate my clothes
Perfectionist *
I am not a perfectionist, I believe nothing can be perfect and mistakes will happen I just have to learn and adapt from them next time. I don’t believe anything can be perfect and instead, I go brick by brick to build my wall. That way, my wall will be as quality as can make it.
Love the sketchnote! I am not a perfectionist, but I used to be. A while back I would always try to be the best at everything and make no mistakes. I would try to mess up as little as possible. But now I have realized that without mess-ups and mistakes there is no room for growth. Instead of trying to avoid failure, I learn from it and use it to get better the next time I try.
That quote really resonated with me. I have read books and seen movies where the characters are too perfect, and most of the time, I leave thinking that it was super boring and that I wasted my time.
The 3-minute stillness was surprisingly difficult for the first 30 seconds. I started to get really irritated. But then, I realized that I was too concentrated on being still and just cleared my mind and sat there. It wasn’t as difficult after that, and the rest of the time flew by. I have come across the same problem in meditation, but now I know how to deal with that: I don’t, I need to just stop thinking about not moving.
I am a perfectionist in some ways, though not all. When I am given a do-it-on-your-own-time assignment that is subjectively graded, I “Make good the enemy of great” ( In my mother’s words ). She’s right of course, but that rarely stops me, until she tells me I have to move onto the next thing. Several times, I have many videos to record. For example, over the weekend, I had 3 videos to record for a musical audition. I spent most of my time singing, even though singing is my strong spot. My mother reminded me that it was already really good and that I was wasting too much time trying to make it even better. This also happens with many other things, like a poem recital video for my language class.
My husband and I did this exercise together. I thought it was going to be really hard and we found that the 3 minutes went by really quickly.
I think I used to be a perfectionist and over time learned it was not realistic and hard to function in that. In college my teachers told my class and I that, as Sign Language Interpreters, we needed to be “Hot Yoga Flexible”. That is a truth I’ve found to exist not only in the world or Interpreting, but also being a parent.
perfectionist, I however do strive to be perfect, because in my opinion when you try to be perfect you will land close. However if your expectations are low then you will only do so much to get to that point.
I thought that 3 min would be short but it was very long
Would you say you are a perfectionist?
This challenge made me realize how long three minutes really is. It also made me realize that I’m not perfect and that no matter how hard I try I will not be perfect.
I am not a perfectionist. But I keep pushing myself to be what I understand as being perfect at that point. Once I reach there I realize there is so much more to learn and grow. Perfection is a relative term.
I love today’s quote 👌
What I am today is because of the mistakes I made in my journey and learnt so much from them.
I am a somewhat of a perfectionist in the moment (even then, not really), but I am completely lousy when it comes to long-term planning and thinking.
I would say I’m a perfectionist in my desire to achieve what I tell myself I will achieve, and if I don’t do those tasks to my standards, even if I’m praised, I’m left feeling unfulfilled, restless, and disappointed.
I’ve actually been practicing doing 3 minute meditations throughout my day for about a week now, and they are amazing! I lay flat on my back, palms facing up (yes thats important), layout my intentions for the next amount of time (usually evening), and focus on my breath. Super rewarding exercise!
I am not a perfectionist, I believe nothing can be perfect and mistakes will happen you can t control it.