[Erin Pavlina]

I had a friend who was a near straight-A student who went to medical school. They grade on a strict curve there. He would tell that there would be 10 students in a class and the teacher would walk in and say, 'Okay I'm awarding 2 A's, 2 B's, 2 C's, 2 D's, and 2 Fails. Which one will you walk away with today?" He told me that even if everyone got like a 90% and one person got an 89% that the 89 would walk away with an F. It drove him crazy. He was no longer the ace student like he was in high school and college. He nearly drove himself mad trying to be perfect.

He is now an obstetrician. He didn't graduate top in his class but he learned what he needed to learn, got his license, and the rest is history.

Don't let the pursuit of perfection drive you mad.