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	<title>Comments on: Is perfectionism always bad for you?</title>
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		<title>By: David Murray</title>
		<link>https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/12/05/is-perfectionism-always-bad-for-you/#comment-4448</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Staci. Yes, I think it was mainly career goals &amp; tasks. Dangerous indeed to transfer this into the realm of personal salvation.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Staci. Yes, I think it was mainly career goals &#038; tasks. Dangerous indeed to transfer this into the realm of personal salvation.</p>
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		<title>By: Staci</title>
		<link>https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/12/05/is-perfectionism-always-bad-for-you/#comment-4447</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree for the most part. I think perfectionism can be an idol, and if we use the definition that idols are &quot;good things that become ultimate things&quot; (which I believe is Tim Keller&#039;s definition), then yes, perfectionism CAN be a good thing. 

Some things require a high degree of precision (brain surgery, for example), so yes, it&#039;s good there.

But what he lists as healthy perfectionism, I would call &quot;playing to your strengths.&quot; A good strategy, but not always possible. 

I guess I most disagree with &quot;repeatedly setting goals for yourself but never achieving them.&quot; I realize he was mostly discussing career tasks and goals (and I assume he&#039;s approaching this from a secular worldview), but to me that idea is contrary to the gospel. When it comes to living in the world, we must always strive to be more like Christ, but we&#039;ll never achieve that.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree for the most part. I think perfectionism can be an idol, and if we use the definition that idols are &#8220;good things that become ultimate things&#8221; (which I believe is Tim Keller&#8217;s definition), then yes, perfectionism CAN be a good thing. </p>
<p>Some things require a high degree of precision (brain surgery, for example), so yes, it&#8217;s good there.</p>
<p>But what he lists as healthy perfectionism, I would call &#8220;playing to your strengths.&#8221; A good strategy, but not always possible. </p>
<p>I guess I most disagree with &#8220;repeatedly setting goals for yourself but never achieving them.&#8221; I realize he was mostly discussing career tasks and goals (and I assume he&#8217;s approaching this from a secular worldview), but to me that idea is contrary to the gospel. When it comes to living in the world, we must always strive to be more like Christ, but we&#8217;ll never achieve that.</p>
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