First and foremost, the Achievement Number represents the prime challenges of your life on both material and spiritual fronts. It tells of your negative behavioural tendencies and provides solutions to those negative traits. In short, the Achievement Number gives you an insight into your general attitude, both positive and negative.

When used positively, the Achievement Number can help you determine the correct countermeasures to take in order to achieve the kind of life you want. When you are aware of your shortcomings and your positive traits, you are able to develop yourself in the right direction. You can then start to nurture your positive traits and attempt to diminish the negative.

Take a strong interest in the issues connected with your Achievement Number. The sooner you are aware of them, the sooner you can remove these negative influences in your life. When done correctly, you will see a significant attitude change. You will know that you’ve finally achieved your Achievement Number when you see your obstacles dissolve. You will have unlocked your true potential and nothing can get in your way.

Achievement Number: 1

Number 1 is the number of individuality, innovation and self-directed action. When positively applied, you have the ability to achieve great heights. Your in-born self-confidence and your ability to turn a hopeless situation into a desirable one are amongst the core reasons that people follow you as a leader.

Your biggest challenge is to overcome your low self-esteem, which can manifest as either arrogance or timidity. Either way, both attitudes are undesirable as the first turns others away while the latter is unable to take a leading role.

Letting go of your ego, which causes you to be over-controlling of situations and people will help you tremendously. Achieving a balance is always important. You will come across many life situations that test your courage; use these precious moments as an opportunity to gain more experience.

Achievement Number: 2

While the Number 2 is often considered the most cooperative number, the Achievement Number 2 is an emphasis of the Number 2’s sensitivity and shy personality. As such, you need to find a balance. Often, those with the Achievement Number 2 are overly sensitive, apathetic, timid or tactless, unable to take responsibility, shy and highly dependent.

Your natural sensitivity often causes you to pick up the emotions of others whether knowingly or unknowingly. You also judge yourself too harshly based on how others perceive you. You need to learn how to free yourself from being influenced by others’ perception, and know that you can’t always please everyone, especially if you’re in a negative state.

You have a tendency to hold on to things for sentimental or emotional reasons; learn to let go of these as it only weighs you down and prevents you from moving forward. To be more productive and functional, you need to pay more attention to details and practice your communication skills. You may find it difficult to get along with those who speak from their heart or are argumentative, but it is a skill you must develop.

Another issue you may face is your lack of ability to speak up. This inability often causes you to bottle up your emotions which is detrimental to your physical health in the long run. If you remain in a negative state for too long, not only will you experience problems with health, but you may also be totally withdrawn from people due to your perceived difficulty of interacting with them.

As a whole, you need to be less sensitive to things as you are unable to please every single person. You also need to learn how to trust others and develop the skill of delegation as you are unable to get everything done by yourself, at least not if you want to achieve big things in life.
 

Achievement Number: 3

You have a dazzling personality due to your innate creativity, charisma and intelligence. However, your natural charm cannot spare you from your insecurities. You place too much importance on others’ opinion of you and you are often afraid of being judged which paralyses you from achieving success.

As a result, you become emotionally withdrawn and feelings of insecurity, inferiority and inadequacy creep into your mind. These attitudes that plague you are often the reason why you never finish anything you start, which directly affects your success. It also makes you an incredibly unreliable person as you often feel obligated to make promises which you never keep.

You need to realise that you can’t be awesome in everyone’s eyes. What you need to do is get your life back on track and give your best in whatever you do while nurturing your positive potential to achieve greater heights. Focus on what you want to achieve, then work on it without giving up prematurely.

Achievement Number: 4

On the positive side, you have the ability to build and get things done but on the other hand, you sometimes follow the rules too much to the point of being controlling, rigid and impractical. You can be overly judgmental too. This makes you appear ungrateful as you often think that what you’re experiencing is never good enough. You need to have more gratitude in order to achieve greater heights.

Although you can be a workaholic, you have the tendency to procrastinate which makes you relatively unproductive despite long hours spent working. You also have a tendency to confront authority and you feel that you should be in charge instead, as you believe you have perfect conduct based on the ‘rule book’.

When in a negative state, you can be extremely resistant to change as you feel it will take away your foundation and stability which you are comfortable with.

Achievement Number: 5

You have a strong desire for freedom which can be impractical and selfish as you pursue it regardless of the situation you are in. One of your biggest issues is your lack of control.

Most Number 5s are known to overindulge and suffer from a short attention span. They are constantly on the lookout for more stimulating and exciting activities. At work, you may end up losing interest or assessing the situation with a poor grasp of the details, which potentially results in your making the wrong call.

With the Achievement Number 5, you tend to go to extremes. You must be moderate in all things, be it mental, physical or emotional, and have balance in your life.

Achievement Number: 6

The Number 6 is known to be the most responsible number, but when found in the Achievement Number, you are most likely to avoid responsibilities unless you’re given full authority for decision-making. This is possibly due to your unwillingness to take the heat for someone else’s mistakes.

You are also a perfectionist, but you need to find a balance and not force unrealistic expectations onto others. Because you also place high expectations on yourself, you have a tendency to try to do too much for too many people with your limited resources. This is counterproductive as you are unable to carry out the tasks successfully and this makes you feel inadequate emotionally.

As a whole, you have a nurturing nature but you need to use your skills to guide people onto the right path, and not carry out the tasks for them.

Achievement Number: 7

You are affected by the fear of making mistakes, being humiliated or people thinking you are not good enough. These fears usually stem from your fear of abandonment, as you think everyone will leave you if you are not the intelligent person you want others to believe you are.

Unfortunately, this attitude is detrimental as instead of achieving results, you lose your patience and can become incredibly manipulative. Overcoming your extreme need for validation and being needed by others is important for you to progress in your life.

You need to trust your intuition more as you are often over-analytical. Conversely, at times you will formulate a grand plan but at the last minute, ignore your logical planning and make an impulsive decision.

Never engage in purposeless activity just because you are bored or lonely, as it will lead to negative consequences.

Achievement Number: 8

When it comes to the Number 8, it is all about money. You either have a spendthrift attitude or are extremely miserly. You can also be very impatient and react harshly in speech or mannerisms.

You often seek praise and if you do not receive the recognition that you feel you deserve, it is not uncommon for a Number 8 to be disloyal and jump the wagon.

As one of the most organised and logical numbers, you like being in charge and have a tendency to go against authority thinking that you are the better boss. However instead of using this underhanded method, you should prove your ability instead of demanding it, and this can be achieved if you use your wisdom, knowledge and capabilities to demonstrate your leadership qualities. You also need to stop hogging all the work and learn to delegate to others.

One of the most important points that you need to develop is a true humanitarian heart, and not one that is opportunist in nature.
 

Achievement Number: 9

The Achievement Number 9 is one of the most challenging as it is the complete path to being a humane person. In addition to the challenges associated with your achievement number, your challenges are also associated with all the other numbers.

You have a need to control others based on your perception that you are responsible for everyone’s success or survival. You find it difficult to let go of emotional attachments whether they are memories, possessions, relationships or feelings.

You are here to learn to deal with your emotions – to become more compassionate and to sincerely use your life experiences to heal others with no thought of recognition or appreciation.

To be a more positive 9, practice giving. Let go of the past and start every day anew. Live in gratitude and enjoy what comes to you. In time, you will develop the courage to embrace your calling, which is to help others unconditionally.

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