Teenage Achiever Mugs

'Another football scholarship offer?'

'Mom, Dad! Look what I created in lab today!'

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

"When I grow up, I want to become president and eventually the subject of a groundbreaking, critically-acclaimed Broadway musical."

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

What else is there to wish for?

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

"Young man, go to your room and stay there until your cerebral cortex matures."

Caged Businessman

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

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

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

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

"Well, I've come this close to asking out Sylvia Sanchez. But I'm just an average guy! Nothing about me says 'I'm cool! Look at me!'"

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

"Before you go anywhere, did you lick behind your ears?"

A push in the right direction: 50c.

'I'm trying to get my competence and my confidence in the same place.'

"Another barnacle?!" "I was a teenage creature."

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.

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

One day, he hoped to hit the big time.

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

"I don't know...but it seems like nothing ever changes around here. It's like we've been 15 years old forever!"

'But Marvin, you can't be a college graduate for a living!'

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

"You can achieve anything if you put you mind to it."

"Timothy, success is nothing to fear."

"She's always been a quick learner."

'It's true that a college degree might render you overqualified for your present position, but it's a chance I'd take.'

'You've failed to reach your performance targets,we'll have to let you go.'

"So what's your definition of 'love'?"

How to get ahead and how to get further ahead.