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Perfectionism - one of the biggest productivity killers in the engineering industry
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Perfectionism - one of the biggest productivity killers in the engineering industry

It can cause immense stress and can lead to burnout 🤯 Don't worry, we're sharing our mistakes, so hopefully you'll avoid some!

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Perfectionism is one of these things that hurt us without even realizing it. We may think it’s great to put so much effort into ensuring the result is “perfect”, but at the end of the day, we never finish it and it becomes an endless “work in progress”, which is a big problem.

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