Says Groh: He's from an achievement-oriented family.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - No cavalier attitude for Ferguson] Reference

That said, of course an achievement-oriented culture does matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [IQ, Achievement Motivation, and Culture, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

My interpretation: Having an achievement-oriented culture can matter a lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [IQ, Achievement Motivation, and Culture, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Smart, achievement-oriented individuals may view counseling as a sign of weakness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dial Down Emotions] Reference

A cheetah metaphor can help us see the problem with achievement-oriented thinking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference

Someone with an average IQ in an achievement-oriented cultural setting will tend to achieve a lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [EconLog: Labor Market Archives] Reference

Is being achievement-oriented a bad thing, especially in our culture that so rewards high achievers?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlotte Hilton Andersen: The Question No One Is Asking In The Tiger Mom Debate] Reference

These barriers are why achievement-oriented players, like myself, tend to only group when necessary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alone Together in World of Warcraft?] Reference

Similarly, it's obvious that - holding IQ constant - people do better in "achievement-oriented" societies.    From Wordnik.com.  [IQ, Achievement Motivation, and Culture, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Students of Success Tech Academy are offered an achievement-oriented, technology based academic curriculum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teen Gunman Terrorizes Technical High School in Cleveland] Reference

I just wonder how easy it will be to create achievement-oriented cultures where they don't currently exist.    From Wordnik.com.  [IQ, Achievement Motivation, and Culture, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Beneath their achievement-oriented lives, most women crave passion, beauty, connection, and a sense of the sacred.    From Wordnik.com.  [W. Hunter Roberts: Reclaiming Femininity] Reference

Given their obsessive studiousness, today's achievement-oriented teenagers tend to be well informed about many subjects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crying in the Kitchen Over Princeton] Reference

But another, highly influential 25% are middle-of-the-road, achievement-oriented people, many of them 30 to 50 years old.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Green' bandwagon is getting a big push] Reference

Most hard-core players are looking for a direct, achievement-oriented, often aggressive, even confrontational experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Casual Dress] Reference

Something that allows you to just be and experience what's out there in the rest of life that isn't all achievement-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ferule & Fescue] Reference

As such, achievement-oriented, compulsive perfectionism might be conceptualized as an attempt to find meaning in pursuing perfection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Cutting the Costs of Perfectionism] Reference

My point was about the content of the curriculum, not the relentless demands of the achievement-oriented upper-class school, whether it be public or private.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amazing Girl Clarifications] Reference

East Germanic is another case altogether; it produced Gothic, a precocious child, highly achievement-oriented, and one who looked destined for a grand career.    From Wordnik.com.  [The English Is Coming!] Reference

But most studies found that firstborns were more neurotic than were later-borns, and more conscientious (as in responsible, organized and achievement-oriented).    From Wordnik.com.  [First Born, Later Born] Reference

They encourage heterosexual women and girls to separate their social and intellectual lives, reinforcing the dissonance bred into many achievement-oriented females.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Trouble With Single-Sex Schools] Reference

And smart families are usually achievement-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Maybe, from being around curious, achievement-oriented, high IQ peers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maggie's Farm] Reference

Illustrate achievement-oriented behaviors, such as striving to exceed goals.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

Streamline each job description to quick-read, achievement-oriented bullets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Federal Times - News] Reference

You could take almost everything said here to any achievement-oriented community similar to.    From Wordnik.com.  [PaloAltoOnline.com] Reference

A nice way to show a portfolio or other achievement-oriented presentation directly on your profile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference

This generation tends to be achievement-oriented and willing to give up personal time for get ahead.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

It appears that the disciplined and achievement-oriented are happier and more likely to lead stable lives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Lead an achievement-oriented team of High School Admissions Representatives to attain its superior performance goals.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

Second, and no one dares address this for fear of being termed racist, some ethnic groups are not achievement-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

They are creative, optimistic, achievement-oriented and tech-savvy multi-taskers who seek challenge and personal growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toronto Estate Law Blog] Reference

They work in public schools and private academies, teaching the language of global business to a generation of achievement-oriented youth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

Academic, achievement-oriented daycare.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carleton Kendrick: Surprise Your Children, Make Some Memories] Reference

Achievement-oriented peer groups, 46.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unmotivated Child] Reference