The Problem With Over-achievement

Achieving a lot sounds like a wonderful idea, but we should pause before envying over-achievers too much: they are likely to have  been driven not just by enthusiasm and intrinsic interest, but also  by a more desperate and poignant need to prove themselves to people (usually way back in childhood) whose love was painfully conditional.

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