If you find yourself being super critical of yourself, you are probably a perfectionist.
You may even be proud of the fact that you are a perfectionist.

Is perfectionism a good thing? Let’s take a look at some of the imperfect parts of perfectionism.

Being a perfectionist is one of the biggest causes of procrastination. If you find yourself putting off starting a job, notice what your expectations are of yourself. If you feel as though you have to figure out the perfect way for completion, you will probably delay the start for quite awhile. Be honest with yourself about what you’re really doing with your time and energy. Why are you setting the standard so high that you can’t even start?

Being a perfectionist makes it difficult to be authentic with yourself and others. If nothing but perfect is OK with you, how can you be transparent with others about something that you consider to be less than perfect? No one and nothing is absolutely perfect. Being OK with something not complete or not perfect in yourself and others allow much more connection in your life.

Being a perfectionist can make it difficult to be around you. Not only are perfectionists hard on themselves, they can be hypercritical of others around them. With focus on even the tiniest details and intolerance of anything that has any flaws, how could anyone be comfortable submitting work or being observed by you? Mistakes are just a part of being human. It’s time to cut yourself and others some slack.

Being a perfectionist doesn’t allow you to have the practice it takes to actually get closer to perfection! It is only with practice and more practice that we can improve on our previous performances. When there is so much hesitation to get started, the practice just doesn’t happen often enough. Decisions always have some degree of uncertainty and to be a good leader it requires getting comfortable enough with those unknowns to take action.

Being a perfectionist can cause you to make everything of equal importance. There are some situations that cannot tolerate even the slightest degree of error. There are many other decisions in life that really don’t have a huge impact on anyone’s safety and can benefit from the forward motion of a decision made and carried through with correcting in the process.

Being a perfectionist and working long hours doesn’t always reflect well on your abilities. Why are you needing to work longer and harder than everyone else? Are you not as intelligent? Is your productivity less than it could be? Are you focusing so hard on the details that you are getting buried in them? While you may have thought that it looked good that you were so “dedicated” to your work, you may actually look just a bit desperate!

It’s time to look at your situation honestly and notice what your patterns are. Think about what kind of standards you have and if they are really serving anyone. Perfectionism has not created many happy and success people. In many cases it has made people isolated, unsuccessful and miserable.

When you can ease up on the stringent demand for detailed perfection, you will notice more of your energy and creativity coming alive. With that passion comes the kind of significant impact you can have on those around you and the work you accomplish

What could you accomplish if you freed up more of your creative passion? Check out the resources at Exuberant Productivity.com that can help you achieve a healthy bottom line plus quality time. Contact Suzanne Holman, MAEd, the Exuberant Productivity Coach at suzanne@suzanneholman.com .

Every week it seems that customers ask me what the difference is between the GBC CombBind C150 Plastic Comb Binding Machine (formerly the Ibico Ibimatic) and the GBC CombBind C250 (formerly the Ibico Kombo). Many of these customers are confused by the fact that the two machines look nearly identical and the GBC C250 is often priced less than the GBC C150 binding machine. Here is a quick overview of the differences between the two machines.

1. Disengageable Dies: All of the punching pins on the GBC C250 are fully disengageable. This allows you to bind books that are shorter than 11″ long using the GBC C250. The GBC C150 binding machine does not have any disengageable dies. This means that the GBC C150 is only designed for use with 11″ letter sized documents. Since the GBC C250 also has an open throat it is possible to use it to punch document longer than 11″ such as legal sized documents or even 11″ x 17″ presentations.

2. Adjustable Depth of Punch Control: The GBC C250 includes an adjustable depth of punch Margin control. This control allows you to select how far from the edge of the page the binding holes are placed. This is important when binding very small documents or very large documents. If the holes are too far away from the edge of the page for small documents the pages will not turn and if they are too close for larger documents the pages can sometimes tear out. The GBC CombBind C150 does not include an adjustable depth of punch control making it more difficult to use with some sizes of plastic comb binding supplies. This means that the GBC Combbind C150 is not compatible with the smallest or largest plastic combs that are available on the market.

3. Price: The GBC C250 plastic comb binding machine is the most popular manual comb binding machine available on the market. It is found in many schools and businesses across the country, and is therefore able to be bought from companies in bulk, which allows it to often be priced cheaper than the C150.

Truthfully, both the GBC CombBind C150 and the GBC CombBind C250 are extremely well built manual plastic comb binding machines. However, given the fact that the C250 offers a more complete selection of features for a lower price the GBC C250 plastic comb binding machine seems to be the logical choice.

Jeff McRitchie is the designer and Director of Marketing for MyBinding.com. He has written several articles on plastic comb binding machines, twin loop wire and many other binding supplies.

When a mom is pregnant, she may be advised by her specialist to stay at home until she gives birth. Usually, a lot of mothers decide to just quit their job altogether after their delivery. This is because of their desire to tend to the needs of their babies. However, they are not required to watch over their kids every minute. This is the reason why a lot of housewives look for home-based businesses.

Aside from housewives, a lot of people want to work at home. Business opportunity within this field is broad, as long as the individual knows which investment type he or she wants to concentrate on. More and more people are looking into this concept due to one or some of the following reasons:
* they won’t have to travel to go to their offices anymore
* home businesses are convenient, since they can start right away even if they have just woken up
* they are the managers of their own job
* on the other hand, they can also work for different people, as freelance employees

There are many business opportunities that are presented to you when you explore the idea of venturing at home. You will know which to choose from based on easy accessible resources. Perhaps you know someone who can offer you items or products at low prices. Or, maybe you already have the right equipments which are needed for the services that you are offering.

You can also base your business option, according to your preferences or strengths. This will help you decide which type of investment is suitable for you. When you are into books, you can start your own online bookstore, wherein you can post your items at Amazon or E-bay. On the other hand, you can work as a freelance writer or copywriter when you are fond of writing.

If you want to work at home, business opportunity can either be online or land based. You can also choose to increase the popularity of your business venture by developing a website or blog for it. These ideas can help you gain a bigger audience, what with the huge number of consumers turning to the Internet to search for information and items. Recently, blogs have been seen as a great way of directing more traffic to your site.

Careful and thorough study on each business opportunity will help you determine if it will be successful in the long run.

Joseph J. Wood is a professional home business researcher based in Vancouver Canada. He reviews many top home business ideas monthly and helps you sift through the confusion online. Check out Joseph’s current Top Pick here:
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