A moving and wise essay on how one woman's becoming less perfectionist helped her when she had to face cancer: Around 13 years ago, a confluence of events revealed to me how soul-sucking perfectionism was, and how much the futile striving for it was costing me in stress and anxiety. ...

Auguste Rodin's famous "The Thinker" statue (1902) is, all by itself, probably responsible for many cases of perfectionism and procrastination. It's such a forceful statement that some, looking at it, probably think, "So THAT'S what intellectual work is supposed to look like! A grinding inner struggle! I'd better aim for ...

A really eloquent essay on how it feels to be racially profiled your whole life. Inspiring obituary of Anna Merz, who founded a rhino sanctuary. A new study finds women give longer and more confident political speeches when they are exposed to images of female role models. "Female role models ...

The ASCP is for graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, and other junior academic researchers who would like to: • get more productive in their writing and other work • finish their thesis, papers, or other projects • have an easier time finding a job • have better relationships at work and at home, and ...

Dichotimization and hyperbole are also perfectionist traits! Someone posted an entertainingly macho/perfectionist take on writer's block. I'm not going to link to the original, in the interests of protecting the misguided, but it does provide us with a valuable teaching moment, displaying as it does such vivid examples of perfectionism ...

Great news. And here's the link to my kidney donation story.

A Great Overview, in plain-sense language, of How to Read and Write Critically, and why you should. The Internet is Catalyzing Democracy and Freedom It's the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

An entire chapter of The 7 Secrets of the Prolific is devoted to the topic of resources and requirements needed to be a prolific writer. It's not a trivial topic, as abundantly resourcing yourself can mean the difference between being and being blocked. Here's an excerpt: Writers, like other artisans, ...