The innate urge to achieve something can be attributed to two key drivers.
The first driver is to get external validation. Others around you admire ‘that thing’, and make every effort to get it. The achievement feels even more delightful when you are one of the handful who’ve been successful.
The other driver originates from a deeper desire to have something. Not because of any external reason but because ‘you’ really want it. For a specific purpose. For yourself, for someone close to you, or for a cause you believe in.
The second category of achievements are less common. But the journey and outcome are much more satisfactory.