How to Overcome Perfectionism: Life Lessons from Kubrick to Picasso
Jon Brooks • June 26, 2023 • 17 min read
Psychology & Happiness art confidence
In How To Overcome Procrastination And Turn Pro, I briefly explained that we often know what we should do in order to succeed, but find the idea of following our own advice too frightening to act upon.
If we fail under someone else’s council, then surely it is not our competence that is questionable, but the council we have received.
We seek out external resources (like this article) to lift some of the burden of responsibility from ourselves and provide a way of rationalising any potential failure.
The fear of creating art, and the fear of following our own advice, I believe, are symptoms of our proclivity to take failure personally.
