It doesn’t matter how many goals I achieve, I never feel good about myself. It’s really beginning to be a real drag. It’s even starting to keep me up at night. I sit up in bed thinking about how much of a loser I am all night long. It’s really insane. How do you feel like a success? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 6, 2009 - 35 answers

CBT Related: How do you convince yourself that your personal worth is not contingent on achievement and success? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 29, 2009 - 20 answers

What can I do to thrive and forward my career in a job I am overqualified for? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 22, 2009 - 9 answers

How can I stop feeling bad for myself when something good happens to one of my friends? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 16, 2009 - 25 answers

What's your best advice for preventing divorce- starting before you even decide to get married? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 25, 2009 - 55 answers

How do you bounce back after taking a high risk opportunity that flops? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 1, 2009 - 20 answers

How much would you give up starting your own business? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 26, 2009 - 7 answers

What kind of hope is there for the average person to lose weight and keep it off when someone like Oprah who has personal trainers and personal nutritionists and personal chefs and personal minders and more money than God can't manage to do it? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 17, 2008 - 74 answers

I find it nearly impossible to do any real work, unless I happen to feel like it. But I don't want to end up drifting through life, settling for mediocrity. If you managed to get your act together and are now able work hard on things you aren't interested in, as we all should be able to do from time to time, then my question is: how did you do it? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 5, 2007 - 26 answers

Recently, quite out of the blue, I've become uncharacteristically obsessed with success. What's going on and how can I make it stop? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 29, 2007 - 10 answers

Overcoming fear of success. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 5, 2007 - 13 answers

How do I stop being an over-achiever? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 16, 2006 - 19 answers