PROJECT PROJECT REPORT REPORT The Barton Instiution of Self diagnosing grants the public a guide to self diagnosing if you are one who achieves success over and above the standard or expceted level, especially at an early age
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THE GUIDE TO SELF DIAGNOSING OVERACHIEVING and the newest treatments available to the public for treatment and management of overachieving
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Definition ————————————————— pg. 1 Signs To Look For ————————————— pg. 2 Attributes ————————————————— pg. 4 Issues & Risks ——————————————— pg. 5 Visual Map ———————————————— pg. 6 Degrees of Severity ———————————— pg. 7 Treatment ————————————————— pg. 8 High Risks ————————————————— pg. 9
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DEFINITION An overachiever is a person who can accomplish great things, but still needs to accomplish more. They are never satisfied and always want to achieve better, despite the fact that they usually attain more success than the vast majority of people
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SIGNS TO LOOK FOR Do you criticize yourself? Symptoms may include: Suffering from self–doubt and anxiety Planning for more activiteis than you have time for in a day and then laying in bed at night unable to fall asleep because you weren’t able to complete the impossible amount of tasks you told yourself that you could do Constantly stressing and living in fear of failure
Do you work too much? Symptoms may include: Skipping out on simple self–care activities Always having homework eventhough you are only taking three classes and one of them is art insights Stay late at the office and/or spend all your time working
Do you ever feel unsatisfied? Symptoms may include: Never taking time to enjoy your success Submitters remorse. This is the feeling of anxiety that immediately occurs after subitting an assignment online becasue you fear it may not be good enough and once you submit there is no going back (you may also involve others in your submission process by making them press the submit button while you cover your eyes) You only care about what happens next
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SIGNS TO LOOK FOR Do you practive unethical behavior? Symptoms may include: Crossing legal and ethical boundaries to achieve your goals Jay walking in order to make it to your 8 am classes in a timely manner because attendance matters now Decide not to submit paperwork because it takes too long
Do you judge yourself based off of your completed achievements? Symptoms may include: When people ask how you are doing, you talk about your achivement rather than your personal life You secretly want someone to ask you about your favorite grpahics project you’ve done so that you can tell them that you got second place in the state for the SkillsUSA pin design without sounding bombastic You feel satisfaction when people acknowledge your accomplishments and what a good job you have done
Do you ever feel the overwhelming need to be unique? Symptoms may include: Take more time brainstorming than working on the project Your parents gave you a basic name, but made sure the spelling was extra unique. Now you and your parents are the only ones who know how to spell your name properly You have an extra difficult thought process to follow
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ATTRIBUTES Create lots of ideas that are amazing and everyone else is jealous of
It is a dog–eat–dog world and you are the top dog Don’t take alot of time for your physical or mental health to “get ahead of the game” Motivated by and stick to deadlines and that is why they are the boss’ favorite Started practicing their valedictorian speech in grade school Usually have a clear and organized desk that they can acutally function at Seek out mentor that will help them be better than everyone
Has a specific plan for the future to follow and will stick to it
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ISSUES & RISKS Overachievers are great to have around, but often their obession with success can go too far. There are many risks to being an overachiever some of them may be: You expect too much. Overachievers set imossibly high standards for themselves, and often they can set them for others as well. Doing this can make it hard for others to work with you. You always need to be the best. This is becuase you probably have always been the best at everything else in your life. This can be frustrating for those around you who want to be the best, are constantly dimmed by your shining light of success. Burn out is just around the corner. Becuase you want to put in more effort than your average coworkers and care about the work that is associated with your name, you are more likely to experience burn out before your mediocre counterparts. You have a superhero complex. While it sound like a compliment, if it is, it’s a backhanded one. Overachievers tend to feel the need to be everything for everyone. This is not a realistic goal and you are often left with feelings of stress, overwhelment, and underappreciation. You can’t accept failure. It is hard for an overachiever to accept that they couldn’t meet impossible standards that they willingly place upon themselves.
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VISUAL MAP
This is you in a few years if you don’t stop being the best at everything you do
These are average people
This is you (stop being the person that ruins the grading curve)
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DEGREES OF SEVERITY
LEVEL 3: I regret to inform you that you may be too late for you. I wouldn’t give up hope, but I wouldn’t get them up too high either. You have been overachieving for so long and old habits die hard.
LEVEL 2: It is not too late. It will be hard to quit these habits, but with some help from procastinators, bareminimum workers, and couch potatoes, it should get easier.
LEVEL 1: Luckily you have caught it early on. It will be faiarly simple to reverse the damage made by strict parents, being highly self motivated, and pressure from older siblings.
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TREATMENT Are you interested in becoming less superior? Many people are uncomfortable with the tiring efforts that it takes to always be achieving the impossible. Look at these medications that you can take. Consult your doctor to see if any of these are right for you. Average Achiever: If you want to blend into the crowd try the newest pill on the market, Average Achiever. This allows you to be just like everyone else and no longer stand out from the crowd. Your coworkers will no longer feel threatened by your superiority and you will have many more friends at the office. STOP TAKING AVERAGE ACHIVER IF YOU SHOW SYMPTOMS OF: Fever, nausea, wanting to stay late at work, rapid heart beat, drowsiness, confusion, high standards for yourself, loss of appetite, weight loss, weight gain, mood changes, dizziness, and the need to be the best.
Under Achiever: The same suppliers as Average Achiever bring you, Under Achiever. This is for those who want to make a full 180. Go from, “next in line for the promotion” to “next in line at the employment agency.” WARNING! The extreme change in personality can result in dramatic mood swings and even in rare cases, temporary amnesia. STOP TAKING AVERAGE ACHIVER IF YOU SHOW SYMPTOMS OF: Fever, nausea, wanting to stay late at work, rapid heart beat, drowsiness, confusion, low standards, loss of appetite, weight loss, weight gain, mood changes, dizziness, becoming an influencer, headache, feeling nervous, high blood pressure, skin rash, oversleeping, trouble sleeping, tingling, or cold feeling in your hands and feet.
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HIGH RISKS Just like with any disease, being an overachiever may be more likely to appear in some people than in others. Some factors may be: Being an oldest or middle child. If you are a youngest child, you have absolutely no risk. Introverted. If you are introvered you will spend the time that extroverts spend at parties or pointless Walmart runs to your advantage and be better than them academically. Strict and supportive parents. This is the most high risk parenting combination. You feel pressure to set impossibly high goals for yourself, and then your parents support these self–sabotaging goals until you meet them, or fail. Highly competitive. Not only are you competitive, but you also go into any competition with a plan to beat a high school or world record. Successful parents, siblings, and/or another close person in your life. These are your role models, and if they are successful, you will feel the pressure to be at least as successful as they were Smart as a child. You were the smartest in your elementry school classes. Because you got so much praise and attention for being smart at a young age, you wanted people to continue to praise you, even if it required working extra–extra hard to stay on top.
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Overachievers need help, even if they don’t know that they need it. Read this and help save the world one overacheiver at a time
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