Reminds me of this book , I once read. Potty Trained for Yale. It talks of how much we lose out, when we push too hard. Actually, my one line synopsis, doesn't do the books message, justice.
I am the 'under achiever', in my family, sort of. What really happened, my priorities shifted, radically, through major loss.
Family values, long before kids, hit home, during the ambitious rat race years. Prestigious business university, but without the same corporate desires of those I was surrounding myself with. Never mind feeling like, some of those around me, were destined for better jobs because of who their parents knew.
Then recession number one happened, and wall street crashed.
I realized, that those who weren't striving for greatness, had placed themselves, in positions, where they had been working while I took, the ambitious college route. Debt free, buying homes, and content with their lot in life. Family came first, over ambition.
Don't know, if that helps.

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