So in selecting among candidates, focus on exactly how they achieved the accomplishments they tout and how they overcame difficulties along the way.
This creates a huge challenge for ambitious women in politics or business: If they're self-effacing, people find them unimpressive, but if they talk up their accomplishments, they come across as pushy braggarts.
A real sense of self-worth is based on the skills they build for themselves and the true accomplishments they feel they've made.
"Achievement tests are fairer to students because they measure accomplishment rather than promise," Richard Atkinson, the president of the University of California, told a conference on college admissions last month.
"When people see other people who have great accomplishments, they assume that they have no fear," he said.
Despite the fact that many of them have achieved enviable accomplishments, they still complain they are not making enough money.
However, as Mann concludes, they have their creditable accomplishments and they have stayed out of trouble.
They were proud because they know my accomplishments are rooted in the work of helping others.
Just remember how you feel when they are obnoxious to you about similar accomplishments they have made.
If they do succeed in graduating from college, regardless of their academic accomplishments, they cannot be legally employed in the United States or obtain driver's or professional licenses.
