Perfectionists are often not good friends to themselves. From relentlessly high standards to being their own worst critic, perfectionism can sabotage the most important relationship you’ll ever have -the one with yourself. Here are five ways perfectionism works against you.

I’ve become a firm believer that the most important relationship you can have is the one with yourself. But so often, this relationship is a battleground rather than something we nurture and invest in. Most of us would never speak to others the way we do to ourselves—saving all the positive for others and all…