For perfectionism, I think never being satisfied with where you’re at now doesn’t mean you can’t take pride in how far you’ve come?
“Don’t feel complacent” feels different from “striving for perfection” to me. The former feels more like making sure your standards don’t drop too much (maintaining a good lower bound), whereas the latter feels more like pushing the upper limit. When I think about complacency, I think about being careful and making sure that I am not e.g. taking the easy way out because of laziness. When I think about perfectionism (in the 12 virtues sense), I think about imagining ways things can be better and finding ways to get closer to that ideal.
I don’t really understand the ‘argument’ virtue so no comment for that.
For perfectionism, I think never being satisfied with where you’re at now doesn’t mean you can’t take pride in how far you’ve come?
“Don’t feel complacent” feels different from “striving for perfection” to me. The former feels more like making sure your standards don’t drop too much (maintaining a good lower bound), whereas the latter feels more like pushing the upper limit. When I think about complacency, I think about being careful and making sure that I am not e.g. taking the easy way out because of laziness. When I think about perfectionism (in the 12 virtues sense), I think about imagining ways things can be better and finding ways to get closer to that ideal.
I don’t really understand the ‘argument’ virtue so no comment for that.
Thank you, I hadn’t noticed the difference but I agree that complacency is not the message.
I think I can word things the way you are and spread a positive message.
Thanks a lot, you’ve un-stumped me.