Obsession or A Case of Overachiever-ism

People driven to overachieve are motivated by an unhealthy compulsion to show they are worthy. "Overachievers have an underlying fear of failure or a self-worth contingent upon competence," says University of Rochester psychologist Andrew Elliot. "Rather than setting and striving for goals based on a pure desire to achieve, their underlying motivation impels them out into the world to avoid failure." SOURCE Does that sound like you?  Personally, I’m getting scared.  How about this… Why Motivation Matters There are three basic ways to go after an objective. Approach-mastery goals are pure, focused on self-improvement for its own sake and predictive [...]