Great! Harness the perfectionist within you, and point it towards the goal of hitting your target with minimum effort.
Instead of being a perfectionist about the paper, be a perfectionist about writing the paper. Be a perfectionist about identifying good strategies, about abandoning sunk costs, about killing your darlings, about noticing when you’re done. Be a perfectionist about wasting no attention. Be a perfectionist about learning from your mistakes. Perfectionism can be a powerful tool, but there’s no need to point it at overachieving on metrics you don’t care about.
Wow, this is a great idea, I will have to try remember it next time I end up optimising for the wrong metrics.
Wow, this is a great idea, I will have to try remember it next time I end up optimising for the wrong metrics.