Stress Management
The common aphorism "perfect is the enemy of the good" is especially relevant to the struggles gifted students often have with perfectionism. Gifted learners are often prone towards anxiety surrounding their performance. There is a fine line between striving to reach high standards of excellence and becoming repeatedly disappointed through the inability to reach unrealistic expectations. Gifted people are likely to develop a harmful dichotomous (all-or-nothing) perception of success - the "if I get anything less than an A+, I must be a failure" mindset. This damaging perspective can cause gifted students to become paralyzed by the fear of doing less than well.