type-A
Hardly ever relaxed
Type-A describes a personality pattern marked by competitiveness, urgency, and drive.
Someone who is type-A tends to be ambitious, impatient, and highly organized: She's too type-A to just let things happen.
The term comes from a classification system linking such traits to heart disease risk.
Type-B is the laid-back counterpart.
Intensely determined to achieve
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
- overachieverOne exceeding all expectations
workaholic · high-strung · impatient · goal-oriented · controlling · organized · meticulous · aggressive
Pressure, mental or vocal
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- cortisolAdrenal steroid regulating stress
tension · insomnia · ulcers · cardiovascular · coronary · exhaustion · overwork · strain
Doing several things concurrently
- rushingRapid forward movement
- overcommittingPromising more than feasible
- micromanagingExcessive control over details
- schedulingAssigning times to events
prioritizing · striving · pushing · achieving · planning · obsessing · worrying · hustling
driven
Intensely determined to achieve
- ambitiousStrongly desiring achievement
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
overachiever · workaholic · high-strung · impatient · goal-oriented · controlling · organized · meticulous · aggressive · assertive
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
cortisol · tension · insomnia · ulcers · cardiovascular · coronary · exhaustion · overwork · strain · Friedman
multitasking
Doing several things concurrently
- rushingRapid forward movement
- overcommittingPromising more than feasible
- micromanagingExcessive control over details
scheduling · prioritizing · striving · pushing · achieving · planning · obsessing · worrying · hustling · grinding
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- reactivereactive, excitable, volatile, high-strung, jumpy
type-Alaid-back
Calm and unhurried
easygoing · relaxed · mellow · carefree · unflappable
type-Aunambitious
Lacking desire for achievement
unmotivated · non-competitive · slacker · underachiever · lackadaisical
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