In past, I've hesitated and more often beat myself up to call myself a perfectionist. I can be remarkably messy and have trouble with detail. I call it a day with a 'it is good enough tantrum ' and hand things in. My house is clean! Yet, whenever I take a psych test for perfectionism? OFF THE CHARTS! Truth be told, I hate to fail. Well, who wouldn't?... Let me explain. My Failure Avoidance System (I call it FAS) leads to a fail safe system called 'Over Work'. I drive myself so hard than any manager ever will, mostly out of fear of failure rather than the love for work. But, they also put me at risk for burn out and exhaustion . I hate this. 'coz I love my work and my FAS supersedes it. Relating?... Continue reading Apparently, you can be sloppy AF and a perfectionist at the same time. I find it confusing and chose to categorize it as my FAS. I concluded that this FAS of mine is not about neatness or punctuality or efficacy....
For a thought experiment assume you are an Industrialist running a Ice factory who depends on a underground aquifer for water supply which can hold a maximum of 12 Gallons at a go. You share this aquifer with three other such industrialists. Let's consider the aquifer starts at full capacity Ie., there are 12 Gallons of water in the pond initially and the water replenishes every night in a manner that for every two gallons there would be another gallon added each night. So, to maximize this supply how much water can each of you corporate can dig up each day? Think about it. Assume that water replenishes almost immediately and disregard the other factors like rain. The answer is one! Yes, each of you industrialist can take exactly one gallon of water for production each day to maintain an adequate water supply. The math here works like this: If each of the four industrialists dig up one gallon each there would be 8 gallons of water left in the aq...