83: Quest for Perfection

Perfect, by definition, is better than good.

Some people will wish to pay a price for achieving perfection. People doing cosmetic surgery, they will pay an extraordinarily extra price to achieve the perfection defined by them without much consideration. Some people will also spend much time to further make a good thing into a perfect one, like a designer will continue to make amendment and improvement to pull up their masterpiece to the most attractive level. Some ladies who already had a highly visible make-up will continue to add in different colours and elements onto their face to make it to the sharpest. There are a lot more similar examples and it seems normal for everybody who has strong passion on particular things.

But not everybody would have the same passion as you, therefore one MUST NOT impose his own definition of perfection on others. You will think it’s perfect but I will think it’s totally rubbish. It’s a matter of subjective judgment and the opportunity cost for the perfection can also vary a great deal from people to people. And somehow the quest for perfection is more for self-satisfaction than for the good of that object.

So, it’s the attitude, heart and passion of the perfectionist should be admired, but not the elements comprising and the outcome of the perfection.