Title: The 3 P’s: Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Paralysis Word Count: 749 Summary: Do you set your standards high, but always feel like you've failed? Learn about the 3 "P's" and end the vicious cycle that keeps you stuck and ineffective

Title: The 3 P’s: Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Paralysis Word Count: 749 Summary: Do you set your standards high, but always feel like you've failed? Learn about the 3 "P's" and end the vicious cycle that keeps you stuck and ineffective. Perfectionism, procrastination, and paralysis – one often leads to the next, in a vicious cycle, especially on large, long-term projects with no clear deadlines.

Let’s look at each part of this cycle, and explore some concrete steps that you can take to disrupt the cycle. Keywords: time management, dissertation help, procrastination, writing, creative thinking, career decisions, choosing research topics, teaching, Perfectionism, Paralysis, disseration, tenure, expectations Article Body: Do you set your standards high, but always feel like you've failed?

Learn about the 3 "P's" and end the vicious cycle that keeps you stuck and ineffective. <b>The Vicious Cycle</b> Perfectionism, procrastination, and paralysis – one often leads to the next, in a vicious cycle, especially on large, long-term projects with no clear deadlines. Let’s look at each part of this cycle, and explore some concrete steps that you can take to disrupt the cycle.

<b>Perfectionism</b> Perfectionism can be defined as striving towards impossibly high goals

<b>Perfectionism</b> Perfectionism can be defined as striving towards impossibly high goals. Perfectionists are caught in a trap – they can never be good enough. They engage in rigid, black or white thinking about their own performance – if it isn’t perfect, it’s horrible.

Ironically, perfectionists often achieve a product that is far less than perfect. At times, their performance is mediocre. In contrast, those who aim at more realistic goals can outperform the perfectionists.

How can this be? The procrastination and paralysis that results from overly high standards causes the perfectionist to wait until it’s too late, then rush to do something; anything. The more relaxed realist, in the meantime, is able to put an effort in earlier, over a more prolonged period of time, with more chance to let time and subsequent changes or editing improve the final product.

<b>Procrastination</b> When you believe that your next project should set the world on fire, you are setting yourself up for failure

<b>Procrastination</b> When you believe that your next project should set the world on fire, you are setting yourself up for failure. At some level you know that this level of achievement is unlikely. You lose your energy and excitement for your project.

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