Is “Perfect!” one of your favorite catchphrases? If so, please reconsider — unless you want to promote perfectionism. Perfectionism has become a polarizing topic — maybe not as extreme as politics and the pandemic, but still controversial for a number of reasons.

 In this Forbes.com article, Why deleting this word from your vocabulary can make you a better leader, published on Feb. 27, 2023, I explain what perfectionism is and why it’s not the panacea that some think it is. And I also share my three anti-perfectionist life lessons from an early age that still guide me today — which explains my skepticism toward perfection.

Where are you on the perfectionist spectrum?