@Rad, you are right that it's a folly just because people don't talk about their achievements. However, it would be nice if such data was public, thus we would have an annual summary of benchmarks and achievements. Here's something nice done by Time Magazine. : http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2029497,00.html
If is folly for you to imagine that because people are not talking about their achievements, they don't have any. Plus its the consummate logical fallacy