12 Tips to Turn an Overachiever Into a High Performer

12 Tips to Turn an Overachiever Into a High Performer
Overachievers will be happier if they learn to achieve without the painful baggage that comes with being fixated on the outcome rather than the process. unsplash
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To be an overachiever is a laudable goal. To succeed takes passion, determination, and talent.
It’s true that countless of the world’s great inventions and advancements came about because of the hard work of overachievers who dreamed big. An overachiever will get the job done—no matter what—because they’ve set their sights on winning, and won’t accept failure.
Jingduan Yang
Jingduan Yang
M.D.
Dr. Jingduan Yang is a board-certified psychiatrist and fifth-generation classical Chinese medicine physician whose work bridges Western psychiatry, functional medicine, and ancient healing traditions. He is the creator of the ACES Model of Health and Medicine—a four-dimensional framework spanning anatomy, chemistry, energy, and spirit—and the author of “Facing East” and “Clinical Acupuncture and Ancient Chinese Medicine.” As a principal founder of the Northern School of Medicine and Health Sciences, he advances whole-person care grounded in science, ethics, and humanity.
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