They were over achievers and, all things being equal, will fall back to earth in 2012.
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Today thousands of companies use LinkedIn's flagship Recruiter product to hunt for skilled achievers.
Gains for nine-year-olds are seen as the result of better performance by lowest achievers.
But if Britain is to help its educational under-achievers, school choice must play a big part.
For high achievers, it is fear of failure and the stigma that may come from it.
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Look around DC at all the bland bureaucrats who are great strivers and over-achievers.
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The biggest achievers aimed for the best colleges, the best specializations and, ultimately, the best jobs.
This may have been true in the 1960s era when low pay would attract low achievers.
Automatically giving students failing marks for missing classes has only exacerbated the problems of low achievers.
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But a country seeking to help the lowest achievers would have to take a different approach.
But in doing so, we delude ourselves, as well as do a disservice to high achievers.
About 10% of Achievers clients agree to pay a subscription fee per employee per month.
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While they do stop to learn from failures, achievers realize that the past cannot be changed.
Failure is the abiding harness mate of achievement, and high-achievers expect to always be hitched to both.
Once again, substantial gains among lowest achievers generally was seen as the cause of the overall gains.
Sweeney read for just under 20 minutes, ultimately rattling off the other defining characteristics her super-achievers share.
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Most people, especially high achievers, have spent their entire lives trying to please parents, teachers, and employers.
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So many stories are told of the overnight success that we regularly overlook the long, sweat-driven achievers.
At Central High, today's 60%-black student body includes more of the state's top achievers than any other school.
It is designed to introduce some competition between higher ranking universities as they compete for the highest achievers.
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Suleman believes that Achievers is growing fast because employee rewards and recognition software helps companies boost employee performance.
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Every company that cares about their employees and their effectiveness should use Achievers to drive better business performance.
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So why is it backing Achievers, a start-up that sells companies a service that boosts employee engagement?
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The DanceStar event honoured many of the high achievers in the huge array of subdivisions in the club world.
Rare are the stocks that are both low-risk investment bets and super achievers.
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But maths had the lowest proportion of high-achievers of all subjects, at 39%.
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High achievers tend to be only moderately to very happy, not extremely happy.
But when you look around at high achievers in your own circles, how many times is that truly the case?
Harvard researchers found that as high-achievers ascend in their career, they become more cautious and less willing to take risks.
No one likes failure, but high achievers recognize the value of setbacks and actually leverage them in the quest for excellence.
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