The horribly obsessive need to be perfect. How do you balance doing a good job and obsessing over your work?

How do you do it? How do you balance doing a good job and obsessing over your work?

It astounds me how much my need to be perfect holds me back. If I could only let go, give myself permission to be average, to make mistakes, I think a tremendous weight would lift.

If anyone’s reading this, do you have any tips?