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> How much nicer it is to tell yourself that you are a perfectionist than you are just not very good at whatever you are doing.

By that logic, Steve Jobs should have never been good at what he was doing...

I'm sorry, but this notion of yours is kinda insulting to all the perfectionists that had the misfortune of living in a world that doesn't appreciate them.

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While it is debatable if Steve Jobs was a perfectionist, even if he were all it would mean is he is one of the 1%.

It is more of a rant caused by me having to wait for the perfectionists to finish their third rate work so I can get on with mine :)

I'm not even sure Steve Jobs claimed to be a perfectionist. "Doing great work" might be more how he would have phrased it, as well as iterating on it.

It is also very different to have a high bar for your self vs for other people. Most people that would self-label as 'perfectionist' are referencing their own behavior, even if it happens to be masking procrastination or indecision. However, I find that this character trait is almost orthogonal to having high standards for others' work, which can instead be code for arrogance or impatience.

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