If you are a high-achieving person, you may see your strong work ethic and determinedness as pivotal to your achievements. If you are ever anything short of exceptional, it can feel like a personal ...

It may be better to strive for ‘excellencism.’ Biographies of exceptional achievers tend to explain their success through ...

Last week, I launched this series on academic perfectionism based on a few core assumptions: 1) perfectionism is a pervasive problem for academic writers, 2) the culture of the academy exacerbates ...

Here, Curran shares five key insights from his new book, The Perfection Trap: The Power of Good Enough in a World That Always Wants More. Listen to the audio version—read by Curran himself—in the Next ...

One of the most pervasive problems I see among academic writers is perfectionism. It's so ubiquitous and manifests in so many ugly ways that I’ve decided to dedicate a five-part series to overcoming ...

Elizabeth Westrupp receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. Gabriella King previously received a scholarship stipend from Deakin University to support their PhD ...