Perfectionism
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
Lenny's Podcast 
Capital Allocators 
20VC
3 statements about Perfectionism, every show
Liu: Perfectionism is uniquely dangerous for product managers facing inevitable failures.
“I think perfectionism is a curse we place on ourselves. And it's a very dangerous thing, particularly for product leaders, because product managers, you know, things are gonna go wrong. That's literally part of your job. And yet when we have perfectionism, it …”
Mervosh: Pursuing perfection as a destination creates rigidity and personal crises
“We seek perfection. Like it's a destination and it doesn't exist, but we don't know that. So we rigidify ourselves, and we point ourselves like a rigid arrow aiming for something in a linear world, and we go along a timeline, or a path, or a ladder, and we cli…”