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The Perfection Loop

A recurring pattern that looks like high standards
- until it becomes paralysis.

Signal

You delay release until standards are met.

You adjust details repeatedly.

You define readiness narrowly.

Pattern

Standards improve outcomes.

Preparation reduces risk.

When improvement becomes the requirement for action, completion is deferred.

Mistaken For

Excellence
Discipline
Professionalism
Integrity

Cost

Work remains unfinished.

Ideas stay private.

Confidence declines without exposure.

The cost is visibility.

View this pattern through another lens.

Interrupt

Define what “good enough” means.

Release the smallest complete version.

Gather feedback.

Proceed

Completion precedes refinement.

Patterns rarely operate alone.  View related loops:  Avoidance  |  Identity  |  Analysis

If this loop sounds familiar, here's what's actually happening.
Why Perfectionism Keeps You Stuck

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