Perfectionist Personal Statement

There are two different types of perfectionism, perfectionistic concerns and perfectionistic strivings. Perfectionistic concerns are when the negative feelings of discrepancies between one’s expectations and one’s results are more overpowering than what was actually achieved (Achziger & Bayer, 2013). With the research that is available, we know that perfectionistic concerns would cause students with socially prescribed perfectionism a lot of stress, by worrying about what others think of them and worrying about letting those individuals down. These students would be worried about letting their families, teachers, and peers down. Perfectionistic strivings are linked to high personal standards, self-oriented striving for perfectionism, and striving for excellence (Achziger & Bayer, 2013). These students are striving for high goals they have set for themselves and trying to make sure everything is perfect. Perfectionists are constantly seeking admiration to boost up their self-worth and to help them resist feelings of inadequacy (Lyman & Luthar, 2014). Lyman and Luthar (2014) also state that perfectionists are also much more likely to be jealous of their peers who are admired more than they

I believe that one should constantly learn and seek new skills and information since it enhances one’s understanding of the world, provide opportunities, and develop skills. Committed to learning, I am willing to spend the necessary time to cultivate my mind in the quest for knowledge and I achieved this through diligence, perseverance, discipline, and by providing the best work possible in the workplace around me. This ambition to push for excellence would be a beneficial trait to have in the future, for I still strive to put quality into everything I do, even when I do not receive any recognition or praise, and this attitude would help me make rapid strides not only in my academic career but my life overall.

During my high school years, I can confidently say I have excelled in my academic endeavours. This success is partially due to my desire to learn. I am always intrigued by the lessons and concepts that are at the core of assigned work. My passion for learning has facilitated my learning process; because I am usually interested in the material that is being taught, my ability to retain and understand information is heightened. My academic success is also due to my drive to do the best I can. Since grade nine, I have demanded excellence from myself in all academic subjects. I strived to perform to the best of my abilities in the first high school years so that I would adopt that habit early and take it with me through the senior high school years. Finally, my academic excellence

I think that my parents’ high expectancy in myself had leaded me to be the perfectionistic thinker I am today. Since first grade, I am always expected to be at the top of my class and I always get a nice toy as the result for being so. In contrast, I would get some criticism if I am any less than top. So I always tried my best to be at the top of

Values are intangible things that are important to us, and that guide us, individually, to make decisions. Each person has a different set of values, morals, and ethics, which is the reason that each person handles a situation differently. Here, I will discuss my top 5 values, and why they are important to me.

I am very goal driven and time structured. I also always try to find the best in every situation. In school, I try to gain the most possible personal satisfaction possible - whether this is “book learning” or character development. Ultimately, I would like to have a career I enjoy over money, prestige, etc. This also applies to my schoolwork.

The first of the top five values I choose was, balance: time for family, work and play. I am currently an Operations Assistant for ODU, with this job I can schedule time where if I would like to spend time with my family I can. The only stimulation is that I put in an advance notice. Second value of this activity is honesty: telling the truth and knowing that others are telling the truth. I apply this in everyday life, so why would it be different in my job? If someone ask me something and it’s bad new or an answer they don’t want to hear I just break it to them as gently as I can. Next up is location: work that is in a convenient place and an easy commute. I hate to drive a long distance, so I know if I have to travel a great distance I wouldn’t

As a person I believe I have strong values and have made right choices in my life. I am a very honest and dependable person that makes a positive impact at home and the workplace. We gain out outlook on values from day one starting with our parents and on up to role models and our environment. These values can change depending on outside factors and events in our lives. Values help us differ from right and wrong and help us with decisions every day. One of the biggest venues for values is in the workplace where we face challenges and obstacles all the time. Working with others and on team’s present challenges where our values come into play on how we work cohesively.

In keeping this value, I am able to continue having high standards for myself and pushing towards successful completion. My personal values are made up of honesty, hard work, and being an optimistic as well as striving to be the best parent and spouse I can be. In these values, I find being a positive role model is best to set an example to my young children in what is right and what is wrong. My career values would be expressed by job security, teamwork, structure, informative, challenging, authority, and a place where I can grow within a company as well as personally. I also want to be passionate in what I do while earning a decent salary. These values will contribute towards my purpose because in having these standards, I can create an opportunity to raise my children to be the best they can be all while making sure they are never in need and are

I have always been a perfectionist. I think this stems from my fierce competitiveness and goal to be my best self. While this has helped me earn good grades in the classroom and some praise from my parents and teachers, I learned all too quickly that too much of a good thing can be bad. I became way too stressed out about school projects, homework, and tests, and I was never happy

Time management strategies free you from habitual time habits that slow your progress. In many circles, chronic perfectionism is considered the ultimate time goblin. That's because the more of your time you feed it, the larger and more tyrannical it becomes.

Career and life planning helps me with my academic and social life. Planning ahead and structuring my time spent helps me make daily decisions. By always using and looking at time spent as an investment for the future, planning helps me see what is necessary. A quote from Benjamin Franklin sums this up fairly well, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”

Although I try to keep a positive outlook in life, I begin to become bothered when I do not comprehend information that I am learning. One of my unhealthy qualities is that I strive to be a perfectionist. People, including myself, began to notice this when I was in middle school. In dance class, I would denounce the image of my dancing because I never believed I was good enough. This was a result of always focusing on my faults—that I cannot do six turns or I was not flexible enough to execute the movements to the paragon of dance. Luckily, I was able to notice this from a young age, as a result, I have geared my perfectionism into another direction. Even though this is a fault that I

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned one of my favorite sayings: “The heights by great men reached and kept, were not obtained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night” (Bill n.d.). My ninth grade English teacher had a new quote or adage for us to learn at the start of every class. I owe her for teaching me the definition of the word: Gumption, as well as introducing me to quotes that I have used to push myself when I thought I was thinking of giving up or thought I was too tired. Having a plan lays the foundation for success. A plan is a goal with a how you plan to achieve that goal. This paper explains what I have done in my life to this point, where I plan to be in the future and how the resources at CSU Global will help me get there.

I realized that, through my middle school years, I had not been such a perfectionist in my school work because I cared about just education and where it could take me alone. I also cared about upholding the part of my identity and my reputation that was tied to being the girl who was “smart” or “good at school”. While this wasn’t the healthiest perspective, it was allowable, because I was always able to do really well just by pouring my energy into a task. High school is different. In high school, I can give everything I have to a task... and I can still not do as well as I’d like to. This reality