1. Have you always tried to overachieve but then felt lacking?

2. "Ask questions when you are not sure, deliver on time, and try to overachieve, " says Haefner.

3. In China, where one-child families are the government-enforced norm, pushing a child to overachieve is a social imperative.

4. Since you may feel that you do not learn as easily as others, you often overachieve in mental areas and become an excellent communicator.

5. Rather than putting undue pressure on yourself to overachieve , focus on getting a firm handle on your primary responsibilities, building rapport with colleagues, identifying potential mentors.

6. Rather than putting undue pressure on yourself to overachieve, focus on getting a firm handle on your primary responsibilities, building rapport with colleagues, and identifying potential mentors.