What are the accomplishments of the most accomplished person you ever met?

Question

And most important, what yardstick are using to measure those accomplishments. For this question please use tangible accomplishments. (things that can be materially compared, like a PHD in genetics compared to "Professor of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology")
If you say "she made her family happy", that is great but difficult to evaluate.

Thank you very much for your answers.

Answer 1

You know, that is funny. The way you wrote that question. I know professor of Internal medicine and pharmacology who is also a PHD.
He would certainly qualified as the most accomplished person I ever met.

Answer 2

I'm sorry, I have a tough time with that one. All the people with degrees and tangible/numerical/quantifiable achievements I know are not more accomplished than a happy housewife I know who lives to raise her kids or the utterly content surfer bum I know who gets to surf every day but never made more than minimum wage.

By discounting the intangible, you miss the whole point of tangible accomplishments. The BA received in something you love and have a passion for is worth ten PHDs you earned because they are impressive.

Answer 3

My boss, who is kind of like my role model - He's 24, suffers from debilitating Bipolar Disorder, but moved out of home when he was 16, taught himself 5 languages - travelled the world - came back to set up two of the biggest charities in the UK aimed at socially disadvantaged minority groups - he provides as well as produces all the training and training material, he got himself into Oxford University and is a true philanthropist - he also visits various youth centres across the country providing professional training to staff and was featured on a BBC documentary as one of the country's top contributors to social change in a positive direction.

Answer 4

Met a Roman Catholic Monsignor once (high school friend of another friend) who was an under secretary of the Vatican state department. (That's not exactly what they call it, but that's basically what he was.) He had three masters degrees (one from Michigan, one from Notre Dame, and one from the Sorbonne), spoke 8 languages fluently, was conversant in 14 more, and could read and write in another 5 or 6. He could talk baseball, college football, and when he was not in his full "regalia", we went to a local bluegrass bar...and he even sat in on fiddle when they played "Uncle Pen."
Most down to earth fellow I've ever met...

Answer 5

I used to work with an orthopedic surgeon who is very skilled, very business savvy, started his own massive clinic and recruited other surgeons to leave the dominant health care provider and join his clinic, owns hundreds of apartment units and other rental properies. That is success!
He also seemed to know anything and everything about investing and also lived relatively modestly (i.e. drove a 5 year old car, etc.)

Answer 6

I was lucky enough to meet Dr Zahi Hawass, head of the supreme council of antiquties for Egypt. he has done so much work to highlight the need for preservation of his countries history, & worked hard to promote Egypt to the world. As for his tangible acheivements, there are too many to list, he is a well educated man & a gentleman too. I had a photo taken with him & it was one of my proudest moments to be able to talk to him.

Answer 7

An M.D. who put people before herself personally. She is the only doctor I know who would go to a dying patient's home to check on the patient and patient's family.

To me being accomplished is more than just
"acomplishment" it is also about what Kind of Person they are!.

Answer 8

My friend Nancy is a spiritual person and she has achieved nivana through getting rid of all her worldly possessions and going on yealy sabadicals rid herself on bad diet and eating habits and has brought herself to a higher being through meditation and yoga. Not sure if this answers your question but to me this is a wonderful achievement due to the society we live in.