Sometimes what everybody has been advocating is exactly what’s bad for you.

有時候人人都推崇的東西正是那些會害了你的東西。

One of these thing is being overly harsh on yourself.

其中一種就是對自己過于苛刻。

We keep seeing it as a virtue.

我們一直把它看成一種美德。

But we keep silent whenever we see someone fail because of it.

但每當我們看到有人因此而一敗涂地，卻保持沉默了。

This may have something to do with our education system.

這或許和我們的教育系統有關。

In school, you have a clear goal to work for, your efforts have clear criteria, and the questions you encounter have standard answers.

在學校里，你有明確的努力目標，而且你的努力有明確的評判標準，你遇到的問題都有標準答案。

In such certain environment, any mistakes can be avoided, and such environment has spawned an unhealthy perfectionism.

在這樣一個無比確定的環境中，任何錯誤都是可以避免的，而這樣的環境催生了一種不健康的完美主義。

In the workplace, there are no standard solutions for many of the tasks you take over, therefore making mistakes is inevitable.

在職場中，你接手的很多任務并沒有標準的解決方案，犯錯是不可避免的。

People who are accustomed to perfectionism blame themselves too much for each mistake they make, and even feel discouraged, and this will not help them make progress.

習慣了完美主義的人對每一個錯誤都表現得過分自責，甚至感到氣餒，而這會讓人裹足不前。

What is really important is not the ability to avoid mistakes, but the ability to recognize the nature of the mistakes.

真正重要的不是不犯錯的能力，而是認清錯誤本質的能力。

Do not treat every mistake as a shame. They are all important learning opportunities for you.

不要把每一個錯誤當成一次恥辱，他們都是你重要的學習機會。