achievement-oriented
Focused on accomplishment
Achievement-oriented describes someone focused on accomplishing goals and measuring success by results.
The term appears frequently in psychology and business contexts to characterize people who set high standards and derive satisfaction from meeting them: She's extremely achievement-oriented and tracks every milestone.
It can carry a faint suggestion of competitiveness or workaholism.
Intensely determined to achieve
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- motivatedSpurred to action
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
self-starter · perfectionist · conscientious · industrious · persistent · tenacious · disciplined · focused
Top-ranked graduating student
- studiousInclined toward serious learning
- tutoredGave private instruction
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
- overcommittedPledged beyond capacity
Contingent on demonstrated results
- deadline-drivenMotivated by due dates
- outcome-basedAssessed by end results
- goal-settingEstablishing intended outcomes
- meritocraticFavoring ability over privilege
Advancement through demonstrated ability
- pushyUnpleasantly forceful in manner
- face-savingProtecting one's dignity
- individualistOne who values autonomy
- credentialismOvervaluing formal qualifications
driven
Intensely determined to achieve
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- motivatedSpurred to action
- determinedFirmly committed to purpose
competitive · self-starter · perfectionist · conscientious · industrious · persistent · tenacious · disciplined · focused · purposeful
valedictorian
Top-ranked graduating student
- studiousInclined toward serious learning
- tutoredGave private instruction
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
performance-based
Contingent on demonstrated results
- deadline-drivenMotivated by due dates
- outcome-basedAssessed by end results
- goal-settingEstablishing intended outcomes
meritocracy
Advancement through demonstrated ability
- pushyUnpleasantly forceful in manner
- face-savingProtecting one's dignity
- individualistOne who values autonomy
- Type Acompetitive, driven, ambitious, impatient, workaholic
achievement-orientedaimless
Having no direction
directionless · unmotivated · complacent · unambitious · goalless
achievement-orientedlazy
Avoiding effort or exertion
idle · slothful · unproductive · lackadaisical · indolent
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