as in dreamers
a person who wants things to be done perfectly or who tries to do things perfectly
I'm a bit of a perfectionist, which makes it difficult for me to finish things sometimes.
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Recent Examples of perfectionists
This isn't about perfectionists but intentional development across all dimensions of leadership.
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Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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dreamers
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From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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Like legions of dreamers before him, McGuirk started on film and TV sets as a PA, an often thankless job where random castigations from members of the cast or crew can be par for the course.—
Katie Kilkenny,
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4 Sep. 2025
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“Perfectionists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfectionists. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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