Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the summer of 2006, a nonfiction book called The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids cast an uncanny light on my ...

While it’s important to have goals and drive, it’s equally important to recognize when it’s too much. Here’s how overachievers often burn out chasing success. Have you ever experienced those periods ...

Mary is a highly functioning, highly competent school principal who’s always running at 500 miles per hour. She also has three young children. Balancing the demands of running a school, getting her ...

What does it mean to be successful? If you ask performance psychologist John Eliot, he'll tell you that what most people aim for and train for is mediocrity. They never really get to put their true ...

Are you an anxious overachiever who is feeling burned out, out of alignment, and "at your limit"? Perhaps you are a working professional or a caregiver (or both!) who is feeling overwhelmed by ...