Famous Figures

Fitzgerald's character is a pure and cautionary expression of the Achievement orientation, in which goals are pursued with total energy and the attainment of measurable success is mistaken for the satisfaction it was meant to produce.

His articulation of greed as good, in the context of a systematic pursuit of financial milestones, is popular culture's most direct expression of the Achievement orientation stripped of any moderating value.

Shakespeare's tragedy is structured as an Achievement orientation gone pathological, in which the attainment of each goal reveals the insufficiency of the goal and demands a more dangerous one.

Rand's character pursues architectural achievement against all social resistance, treating each building as a measurable expression of his goals, which positions him as an Achievement type whose obstruction is social rather than internal.