Overwhelmed Achiever Pillows

"Lord, who or what is strewing my path to success with obstacles!"

IN box...OUT is wastepaper basket on fire.

Overjumpers

"Doing your homework may lead to a job that has homework."

'Wow! I never thought it would actually WORK!'

"I have a recurring nightmare that I've taken a test, and the professor won't give me an 'A'."

"Today we are going to find out if you can that leap."

Genius Envy

Caged Businessman

"One day, I'll be the first woman!"

'What I did on my summer vacation: I wrote about what I had done the rest of the year.'

"You know, there's a corporate elevator."

"I don't know what I'm going to do...my presentation is due on Monday and I haven't even started...I'm not sure I know how to speak."

"I really love school. There's only one problem. I think not having a college degree is holding me back."

'I told you hard work would pay off in the third grade, Cate...You've had three job offers.'

"Listen here pup, it's time you realized it's a "dog eat dog" world."

"Could you please downgrade this to a C? High expectations bring out the worst in my parents."

Overloaded with extracurricular activities, Griffin's body began to grow an extra brain to cope with it all.

"Rosalie—your poor performance this year has reduced your parents' investment in you by almost seventy per cent."

'I was speeding right along toward my goal of moving up from middle management, when a cost-cutting measure overtook me!'

'They're a very successful family.'

"You'll never make it as a doctor with handwriting like this. I understood every word."

Too big to fail

Workaholics Anonymous meeting: 'No one showed up. Everyone is working.'

"Trying to get new business is killing me..."

"Congratulations Professor, the committee 'okayed' your grant request."

'No ulcers shows me you haven't reached your full potential.'

"Stop applying! You've been accepted to three universities!"

"You're late, Myers!"

Do you mind if my mother joins our little business dinner ? You know what it's like, I don't want people from the office to think I'm sleeping my way to the top.

'The problem is you're a perfectionist. You don't always have to be totally evil. Sometimes it's OK to just be annoying.'

"I know by outward standard I'm successful, but a voice inside my head keeps saying, 'Where's your private plane?"

"And, of course, if I were to get the job and start feeling comfortable here I'd no longer need the security blanket."

"Sorry, but if we hire someone like you, you'll quit in six months and start a rival company!"

"Looks like a storm ahead, Captain." "I think you're being over dramatic."