I've yet to meet an absolute perfectionist whose life was filled with inner peace.The need for perfection and the desire for inner tranquility conflict with each other.Whenever we are attached to having something a certain way, better than it already is, we are, almost by definition, engaged in a losing battle.Rather than being content and grateful for what we have, we are focused on what＇s wrong with something and our need to fix it.When we are zeroed in on what＇s wrong, it implies that we are dissatisfied, discontent.

　　我还未碰见过一位在生活中他的内心十分平和的真正的完美主义者。对完美的渴求及对内心平静的热望水火不相容。无论何时我们想用某种比其现存状态更进一步的方式拥有某物时，我们已从理论上陷入了一场失败的战争。我们不是对我们拥有的某物感到满足，心存感激，相反地，我们将注意力集中于该事物的缺点及我们如何弥补这些缺点上。当我们把注意力集中在事物出了什么毛病之时，它意味着我们不满意，不满足。