Your story shows a significant societal issue. You articulated the situation from your industry well.
It also happens in other industries. Perfectionism in my profession also affected me at a personal level ruining my physical and mental health. I met truly caring and talented medical practitioners adversely affected by excessive stress of perfectionism especially imposed by administrative demands you also touched on. Some of them had to close their practice and some even left their professions earlier.
As this topic was close to my heart I documented my perspectives in an article. I link it here to support your points on excellence, pragmatism, and agile concepts as better solutions than illusive perfectionism.
From my experience, the key point in any business endeavour or personal life is to find the sweet spot. Here is my perspective aligning with your points in your insightful story.
Thank you for showing your leadership for this important issue. I saved this story as an educative and thought leadership reference.
