Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade.
For me, I find that even though I've accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn't give me a sense of satisfaction.
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
Naturally it is nice to be widely known for worthwhile achievements, but it forces you to do many things which you don't like to do and these things take up time you want for other things.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.
Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.
If you don't measure yourself by achievement, how are you going to set achievement levels for other people?