Hi, Scott:

I have no fourth question to add, but I really enjoyed reading this post.

I was particularly struck (and a little embarrassed) to read this observation:  "A desire to exhaustively cover every angle leads to work that ultimately is done without a useful purpose."  As a recovering "perfectionist", I have been guily of driving myself and others to the level of absurdity at times over covering every little point.

I put "perfectionist" in quotes because, although many use this as a seemingly positive way to describe themselves, this type of behavior is just obsessive and not usually about perfection, but rather comes from a deeper place of insecurity within us ... or at least, that how it worked for me.

All three of your questions are valid and powerful, but number 2 really hit the mark for me:).   I wish I had back all the time I have spent over my personal and professional life exerting massive effort for something that, in the end, was not worth anywhere near that level of exertion.

Thanks for the very useful post, whichI am sharing with my world, because we all need to consider this aspect of our lives.

John