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Desire to complete tasks and projects without flaws or errors | Perfectionism that interferes with task completion |
Take pride in doing all jobs or tasks well, including the smallest details | Preoccupation with details, rules, lists, order, organization, or schedules to the extent that the major point of the activity is lost |
Tend to want things to be done "just right" and in a specific manner, but have some tolerance for things being done another way | Unreasonable insistence that others submit exactly to their way of doing things, or unreasonable reluctance to allow others to do things because of the conviction that they will not do them correctly |
Dedicated to work and working hard; capable of intense, single-minded effort | Excessive devotion to work and productivity to the exclusion of leisure activities and friendships (not accounted for by obvious economic necessity) |
Carefully consider alternatives and their consequences in making decisions | Indecisive: decision making either avoided, postponed, or protracted (but not due to excessive need for advice or reassurance from others) |
Tend to have strong moral principles and strongly desire to do the right thing | Overconscientious, scrupulous, and inflexible about matters of morality, ethics, or values |
No-nonsense individuals who do their work without much emotional expenditure | Restructured expression of affection |
Generally, are careful, thrifty, and cautious, but are able to share from their abundance | Lack of generosity in giving time, money, or gifts when no personal gain is likely to result |
Tend to save and collect objects and are reluctant to discard objects that have, formerly had, or may have value for them | Unable to discard wornout or worthless objects even when they have no sentimental value |