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2015 Book Review #35: Never Good Enough
I'm so far behind on book reviews. Expect a lot of brief reviews...if I catch up at all. Sigh.
Title: Never Good Enough: How to use Perfectionism to Your Advantage Without Letting it Ruin Your Life
Author: Monica Ramirez Basco
Genre: Psychology/self-help
Thingummies: 3.5
Synopsis: How to cope with perfectionism.
Thoughts: I read this mostly because Chuckro was reading it. I think I've come to the conclusion that my perfectionism is broader but less deep than he is--I show more of the various symptoms but it causes less trouble in general in my life.
I feel like the author spends an awful lot of time demonstrating the positive aspects as well as negative. I guess that's good for keeping people from beating themselves up too much. But I feel like most perfectionists are pretty well convinced on the advantages already--it's the disadvantages you have to sell them on.
I think this is potentially more helpful to people with stronger manifestations than I have. There are also some tips for living with perfectionists which I found mostly useless. I can see how it might be useful for someone who isn't a perfectionist and doesn't get what's going on in their partner's head. But I understand the cycles he goes through, I just don't know how to defuse them.
So a lot of this ended up feeling like info I already knew. Which is perhaps not the author's fault, but made it somewhat less useful.
Title: Never Good Enough: How to use Perfectionism to Your Advantage Without Letting it Ruin Your Life
Author: Monica Ramirez Basco
Genre: Psychology/self-help
Thingummies: 3.5
Synopsis: How to cope with perfectionism.
Thoughts: I read this mostly because Chuckro was reading it. I think I've come to the conclusion that my perfectionism is broader but less deep than he is--I show more of the various symptoms but it causes less trouble in general in my life.
I feel like the author spends an awful lot of time demonstrating the positive aspects as well as negative. I guess that's good for keeping people from beating themselves up too much. But I feel like most perfectionists are pretty well convinced on the advantages already--it's the disadvantages you have to sell them on.
I think this is potentially more helpful to people with stronger manifestations than I have. There are also some tips for living with perfectionists which I found mostly useless. I can see how it might be useful for someone who isn't a perfectionist and doesn't get what's going on in their partner's head. But I understand the cycles he goes through, I just don't know how to defuse them.
So a lot of this ended up feeling like info I already knew. Which is perhaps not the author's fault, but made it somewhat less useful.