Perfectionism Warrior Gifts

The Perfectionist Procrastinator

"Why can't the rest of you be more like Rollins, here? He does his homework!"

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Bullseye!

"Hmmm, this might just be not funny enough for The New Yorker."

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

"We're developing a plan to fix this."

'This software package can cut your workload in half. Do you want to purchase two copies?'

'I told you, you were missing a decimal point.'

'It feels like I'm very much in a good place these days. That is, aside from the grammar.'

Three work boxes: 'IN...LIMBO...OUT': 'I think I've found your bottleneck.'

'Even in the mundane tasks, aim for perfection!'

"I've heard of being organized, but isn't this a little obsessive compulsive?"

Lessons from the Blakely Art School (Now Defunct)

Is it a book? A film? A TV show? How do you mime a podcast?

Perfection

"Or should it be scrum or kanban???"

"You're welcome."

'I'm a narcissist? - Are you saying I'm not perfect?'

'I don't want to be a shepherd. I want to be the policeman who interrupts the play to tell all the mummys and daddys who have parked irresponsibly and dangerously outside to move their cars...'

"Being happy with one's work is the kiss of death."

'Excellent. But try it again and this time start your sway at the beginning of the fourth bar, O.K.?'

Cuts, Measurements, Certain, Sloppy

A tailor measuring a jacket.

Desk trays - 'Do it' and 'Do it right this time'.

"Page 33, line 4..."

"Now you can send it."

Wanting his picnic with Gwen to be perfect, Hal made sure they would not be bothered by ants.

Woman trying to straighten a picture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

"Stock photo, right?"

"For our market research, each package needs to be individually marked off and put over there."

"Come on, we're late. Your crosshatching looks fine."

"And on the eighth day, the Lord just puttered around..." "That cloud doesn't belong there. Did I do that? I'd better move it..."

"By the time I knocked all the rough edges off I had nothing left."

"I never go anywhere unprepared!"