Let's end the high achiever myth

A partial explainer for Trump's America, unfortunately.

I could probably write six different books on the "high achiever myth" -- and maybe someday I shall! -- but first I need to kind of define what exactly it means. The high achiever myth, to me, is about how we have a very skewed notion of what success looks like. This varies by person and by gender -- doesn't everything? -- but in general, people in Amer…