Therapists say the high achiever often holds self-defeating double standards, feeling sympathetic toward the unemployed while assuming that unemployment would bring him only shame.

• 心理治疗专家表示，成就非凡的人经常树立不利于自己的双重标准，一方面他会对失业者表示同情，另一方面却认为失业只会带给自己耻辱。