Amazon.com description: Product Description: Are you a perfectionist? According to a spot survey conducted by Dr. David Stoop, 84 percent are perfectionists at least in some major area of life - and the other 16 percent have to live with someone who is! Perfectionism is a positive quality in character development, but it nearly always renders negative consequences. An obsession with perfectionism, for instance, can lead to anxiety, self-depreciation, discouragement, and a compulsive emphasis on the externals of life. Dr. Stoop looks at the causes of perfectionism along ith the results of this behavior and then suggests a variety of practical approaches to correct this behavior and create more of a balance in your life.