17 Traits Overachievers Show In Getting Ahead After College

As overachievers go there are certain signs that go hand in hand with them punching above their weight, whether its the sheer determination, the cockiness or the complete disregard for other people while stepping on them to get what they want...here's the overachievers guide to life after college.

1. Generally...

You will disregard signs that your body will give you when it comes to doing everyday things you need to survive..like having to eat, sleep or go to the toilet...just to get that last bit of the project done.....even though you know no one will thank you for it.

2. Committing..

to doing things you have never done in the past...Ok I'm 5ft 3 and weigh 7 stone but i'll be f*cked if that big 6ft guy in accounting who eats nothing but whey protein and kettlebells is going to finish ahead of me in hell and back even though he's won the last four in a row and before today I though a kettle bell was something that replaced the whistle on a kettle when it reached boiling point....or something along those lines.

3. Staying in touch

with lecturers and professors and looking for life advice from them.

4. Unpaid Internships...

oh yes...they have no problem in doing internship after internship in order to "maximise their skillset"...somehow ignoring the fact that bills have to be paid somehow...although, they probably have another full-time job at night in a bakery somewhere...

5. Goals..

Pick one (or seven) ignore the world and achieve it....and then once you have achieved it come back to all those you ignore and expect that they will drool all over you and your achievements..

6. Stress..

With excessive goals comes excessive stress..but they don't see it as stress, it's just a natural feeling that they won't get where they want to go...yep...still stress.

7. Excessive degree qualifications

In what used to be a hobby of picking up Hons degrees the overachiever has since moved on to collecting Master's degrees because they get bored quite easily....half way through their first PHD they already have their eye on another because "I can't believe how much I'm in love with academia"...etc etc

8. "You're wrong"

Being in the position to tell everyone they are doing everything wrong. Whether it be simple stuff you do at home, or informing a CEO of an MNC how to run their worldwide global brand properly.

9. Realising what the world is missing..

Once they get to a certain stage they need to put their stamp on it so naturally, the overachiever will set up a business, or organization or company that no one has ever fathomed before, doing something that no one has ever thought of before...computer companies are fairly popular these day amongst them...someone even set up a founders company for all the founders..brilliant.

10. Addictive personalities..

Whether it's coffee, valium, speed or coke, you may find the overachiever needs something to get off on, the alcohol that suffices for the measly peasant never satisfies.

11. Adrenaline rushes.

They probably more than likely have a skydiving habit than they need to pursue in order to satisfy their massive (egos) extreme sports hunger.

13. Bragging.

Oh don't they just loooove to bragg. It's not in a straight up bragging way either, it's more of a humble way where they subliminally brag and make you feel bad...y'know because they're read so many books on psychoanalysis in their free time that their able to do all that kind of stuff.

14. Working out.

Having already entered in their first hell and back, the fall out will be catastrophic, now the mentally overbearing mind will become even more annoying as they set out to tell you how your every gym move is wrong..even though they have yet to work up any extra mass or increase their own fitness levels.

15. Acting like they're in charge..

even when they're not. Like on day two of their very first internship when they tell the boss "it's ok, I got this"..

16. Awards...

oh how they love being nominated for awards but if it's anything they love the most it's winning them. It gives them a platform to preach to a crowded room of people about why they are so humbled by the award yet continue to explain why nobody else deserves it...

17. Business cards...

the slickest pawing, quickest drawing business card distributor in the west...you no sooner have asked them their name than a business card is resting firmly in your hand

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