By: Amy Parmenter
P – I’m curious. Do overachievers get stuck? How often and how long do you think it lasts? Amy
View ArticleBy: jake karger
This list is an instant classic! It should be required memorization for one and all.
View ArticleBy: TD
This list makes sense to me. It also makes me anxious. I do have one point of disagreement. Please don’t use Asian Americans as examples of low divorce rates. Asians are culturally extremely...
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View ArticleBy: The Dame Intl
I’m with you on that, all I can think reading this is, to what end? Not the kind of daily existence for me.
View ArticleBy: Ryan Chatterton
Same here. For some reason people underestimate the power of , “I’ll work for you for free.” It’s a fantastic portfolio builder.
View ArticleBy: The Dame Intl
Ugh, guys fail at online dating, I will be writing a whole blog post on it in the new year. 99.9% of the messages I get, I delete. Def. a market to train them (in anything ).
View ArticleBy: Ryan Chatterton
That’s a really good idea. Sounds like a cool direction for your blog to go in. I’m sure lots of guys would dig it.
View ArticleBy: Ryan Chatterton
First, I can’t really make up my mind if I’m an overachiever or not. I do stretch myself a lot. I guess I try to over-achieve at the things I want to do. Perhaps there are subgroups of overachievers...
View ArticleBy: Penelope Trunk
Yeah, I think this whole blog is about an overachiever getting stuck: me! I think the most interesting parts of peoples’ careers are not when they have huge success, but in between the moments of huge...
View ArticleBy: Kelsey
This list made me feel really bad about myself. Honestly for my generation having kids at 25 is not possible because no one can get a job where they can afford kids at 25. Most of my generation is...
View ArticleBy: Nazneen Khan
Penelope, I think it’s a utterly manipulative that you don’t post any comments that are against your ideas. How sad. Can you imagine? This amazing internet and flow of information is being manipulated...
View ArticleBy: Nazneen Khan
Sorry, I did not think my post was going to be posted, because yesterday’s did not. So I ranted. I apologize. I retract what I said. My yesterday’s post was merely to point out that Adderall is full of...
View ArticleBy: Ebriel
I like this list. While I don’t see myself as an overachiever (just obsessed with things), much of it was familiar. Selected substances when used with awareness can be helpful. For example, I have a...
View ArticleBy: Christopher Kober (@chkober)
This is a great list, whether you agree with it all or not, but it certainly brings up a few very interesting point about (young) achievers. Overachievers do not have an easy life…. This list certainly...
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View ArticleBy: Nathan Olson
Stopped in to visit your blog because I recently discovered that you are responsible for getting Brazen Careerist off the ground so to speak. Might mention that I submitted a post to their blog that...
View ArticleBy: Shouting Thomas
I’m a recent recruit to your website, Penelope. While I’ve enjoyed it, I am left wondering… What, exactly is it that you do? Is there some actual skill that you have that you overachieve at? Or do you...
View ArticleBy: Jenn
oi. Reading this list makes me feel the same way I did reading Atlas Shrugged, should I dig a hole and kill myself now or wait and see if anything changes?! Fortunately I have been reading P. long...
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