How native speakers pronounce “achievement”

but, you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form of life.

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When in reality, you don't need another achievement. You need a break.

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better performance and better retention. It's the alignment that makes the achievement possible. It's the alignment that helps you embrace the most awkward situations

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things like family income, standardized achievement test scores, even how safe kids felt when they were at school.

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on her dying dad. I was using achievement and all of the shiny things that come along with it,

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You could be financially successful, or you can pursue purpose. You can have well-being, or you can have academic achievement. You’re team Taylor or you’re team Beyoncé.

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Life is amazing. Life is incredible. The experiences we have, the possibilities of personal achievement. You could summit Everest.

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predictable, coherent. Now when you think about personal achievement, it does create, sometimes, this experience of coherence,

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When you get up in the morning, you know what you need to do. Here's where the drive for personal achievement is strongest. It's clearest.

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beyond this moment. This is where I think personal achievement falls short. By definition, personal achievement focuses on you, to focus on the self.

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This is where I think personal achievement falls short. By definition, personal achievement focuses on you, to focus on the self. And if that's all there is, it's difficult to have significance.

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So where does this leave us? One, I think personal achievement is great. Like, I love my personal achievements.

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I wish incredible personal achievements for all of you. So I think that personal achievement is fantastic. However, sometimes ...

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we replace the deep human need for meaning with chasing of personal achievement, and it's a problem when we confuse those two things.

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the reason it's easy to confuse them is because personal achievement is easy to quantify. You know if you got that job, if you bought that home,

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That's one reason. The other reason is that personal achievement feels good. We think what we want is happiness,

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We think what we want is happiness, and personal achievement provides a hit of happiness. It feels fantastic when you make that achievement.

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and personal achievement provides a hit of happiness. It feels fantastic when you make that achievement. Getting meaning doesn't necessarily feel that way.

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In fact, there are very few where it's below 60. This is an extraordinary achievement. And you'll sometimes hear people say

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(Applause) But resilience doesn't end with achievement. It asks, what now?

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the struggle for workers' rights, the achievement of a woman's right to vote, the Civil Rights Movement,

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