I saw this article in one of my files and I thought of sharing it and posting it in my blog site… I was told before that I was an achiever. In our culture, it is not normal for people to openly admit this. However, I am not denying that competition fuels me to pursue greater dreams in life. Right now, with years and maturity slowly injecting my system, I try to re-construct this framework into something more constructive… such as competing against myself and my capabilities… Well, for those who want to ask themselves if they are achievers or not, David Rohlander outlined an informative list of 10 characteristics of an achieving person.
10 Ten Characteristics of the Achieving Person
FOCUS
Achievers have a remarkable ability to keep their focus pinpointed on their work and to resist distractions.
PREPAREDNESS
Achievers make sure they are ready for the tasks ahead of them. This includes obtaining the knowledge and training necessary, developing the connections, and acquiring the materials and resources needed to achieve their goal.
CONVICTION
Achievers believe fully in what they have to contribute. They are confident in their own skills and ideas; they have faith in the value of what they have to offer.
PERSEVERANCE
Achievers have an immense capacity for hard work and labor. Their physical stamina can be awesome. Nothing else matters. All obstacles are insignificant when compared with their goal.
CREATIVITY
Achievers are creative. To be creative is to be flexible and imaginative. It’s an ability to work around problems, to find fresh solutions, to experiment with new approaches, and devise original plans. Thinking different. This creativity often means a willingness to use other peoples ideas and adapt them to their own needs.
CURIOSITY
Achievers have a thirst for learning that is unquenchable. They are always asking questions and seeking answers. To find those answers, they seek out books and publications, confer with experts, travel hundreds of miles, and spend long, late nights reading, studying or experimenting. Interestingly enough, for many of these people, learning is not at all the same thing as education. Some are highly educated — some are barely literate. Their thoughts are ahead of their time.
RESILIENCE
Achievers have a remarkable ability to bounce back after mistakes and failures. They regroup, and try again. In fact, most of them don’t accept failure as a reality — to them it doesn’t exist. Every so-called failure is an opportunity to improve and learn. Every step is a step forward, no matter how it appears on the surface.
RISK TAKING
Achievers are more than willing to venture into the fields of the unknown and to gamble their reputations, their careers, their health, their wealth, and even their safety, in pursuit of their goal. Not only are they willing to take risks, but they thrive on it. They are true pioneers who dare to break with convention, to defy common thought and belief, to shatter the paradigms to which their societies are rigidly attached.
INDEPENDENCE
Achievers have a reliance on self, a detachment from the opinions and ways of the world, that enable them to pursue their inner calling. Shakespeare’s famous quote “To Thine Own Self Be True” is never more fully realized than in the lives of great men and women who followed their own hearts first.
SENSE OF HIGHER PURPOSE
To Achievers, their work or goal is linked with something greater than the product itself. They often feel they HAVE NO CHOICE. What they do, they are compelled to do. It might be by God, service to humanity, truth, or beauty. It’s what gives them their focus, conviction, strength, and independence.
