The perfection tax — a framework by Ole Wang

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 6, The perfection tax: Give rehearsals a rehearsal standard. — Framework 6 · in one look

How to use it

Give rehearsals a rehearsal standard. Anything that ships gets the craft standard; anything private, practice or thrown away gets "done beats perfect". Perfectionism in young people has risen for decades, fastest the kind that comes from feeling others expect it.

How sure we are

S Evidence: strong. Large trials or many studies, pointing the same way.

Sources

Curran & Hill 2019 · Curran et al. 2026 (307 samples).

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