http://highability.org/28/being-a-perfectionist/ Personal aspects of advanced potential Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:17:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://highability.org/28/being-a-perfectionist/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Belinda Seiger Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:28:06 +0000 http://www.talentdevelop.com/highability/?p=28#comment-190 I am a psychotherapist who works primarily with gifted and talented adults including those who don't realize that what sets them apart from others is often their gifts/talents and potential. Many such adults grow up feeling different in a negative way and often feel embarrassed by their own ambitions. Striving for perfection does not seem to capture fully the experience of the "rage to achieve" and how that affects a gifted person's sense of themselves on a daily basis. When this "rage to achieve" is satisfied, the individual can be immersed and fulfilled by the work itself, and the striving for perfection is not as imperative. I am a psychotherapist who works primarily with gifted and talented adults including those who don’t realize that what sets them apart from others is often their gifts/talents and potential. Many such adults grow up feeling different in a negative way and often feel embarrassed by their own ambitions. Striving for perfection does not seem to capture fully the experience of the “rage to achieve” and how that affects a gifted person’s sense of themselves on a daily basis. When this “rage to achieve” is satisfied, the individual can be immersed and fulfilled by the work itself, and the striving for perfection is not as imperative.

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