Question

Type down (easy to copy and paste) your thoughts (ie, agree or disagree and why ? ) after reading the following paragraph. (must be 5 sentences, 1 paragraph. 150-250 words)

Jon Bowers argues that we should seek perfection. Moreover, he states that perfection is achievable and the steps needed to obtain it will only make you stronger and better. He believes that failure and loss may come from trying to seek perfection but that these steps are necessary for success. He gives several examples regarding why we should not settle for giving 100%. I do not agree with him as I believe that nothing and no one in this world is perfect, and will never be able to be perfect. I believe that perfection does not exist, and although we can try to achieve it we should not allow our lives to be determined by the outcomes we obtain. To further substantiate his argument, Bower’s mentions that we have “stopped valuing perfection” and that this is wrong because “perfectionism is an attitude developed in the small things and then applied to the bigger things”. In other words, he thinks that if you do not aim for perfection in the little things, which are the ones that matter, you will never be able to take care of the big things. Later on he also gives some examples like saying that if we allow things to be “good enough” then we will make mistakes all around. This includes giving babies to their wrong parents, spelling words wrong in the dictionary or having more than 1 million cards with the wrong information on the magnetic strip on the back. I do not agree with these statements because I think he is over exaggerating. I do not think that we should settle for good enough but I don’t think that we do. We aim to make things perfect but mistakes are a part of human life. As humans we will make a mistake at some point and we can only accept it and move on. I believe that striving for perfection in all cases is not reasonable and will really only make us unhappy because this is ultimately unachievable. Instead, we should work on the way we handle our mistakes and learn to move on so we can do better the next time.

Answer 1

With John Bower's argument that we should seek perfection I do agree as well as disagree. No one knows the exact meaning of perfection. One thing that is perfect for me may not be perfect for the other person. As he says failure or success may come on the way of trying to seek perfection but we should not stop ourselves from achieving it. On the other hand, the author does not agree with him saying there is nothing called perfection. As mistakes are part of human life it is we who has to move on. It is not possible to achieve perfection in all the fields, so it is better to accept it and move on.

Mr. John Bowers arguments that we should try for perfection is acceptable, in a way, that if we try for perfection, we will have a goal to achieve and to achieve the goal at least we can reach closer to perfection.

If we try to achieve something with the mindset that human tends to make mistake, then we may never try to achieve our goal sincerely. We have to try for perfection if that is not happening then instead of taking the stress and making life miserable it is better to move on.