Rising Above Perfectionism

Category: Education

There are diverse reasons why students struggle to complete their dissertations and other academic goals. After working with hundreds of students over the past couple of decades, I’ve heard them all. From external realities, the truth is that many graduate students find finishing their projects much more daunting than they originally expect. And while those realities are legitimate, there’s usually another underlying accompanying issue at the heart of dissertation avoidance: the dead-weight of perfectionism.