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and perfectionism

Failing by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26 and perfectionism June 12, 2023 in Challenges , How to Human I was a high achiever since a young age just because I thought school by itself was really boring. The challenge of winning a bunch of stuff made the whole experience more bearable. But I wasn’t always a perfectionist, not until the past several years. Perfectionism and high-achiever-ism go hand in hand whenever people discuss either of those topics, but there’s a distinct gap between the philosophies behind them when it comes to how someone confronts failure. The goal of high achievement is to reach

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