The Illusion of Achievement is a research book that deals with a range of topics related to public behavior. In an attempt to answer the following questions: 1. Why do we become addicted to filming ourselves on social media channels, and how does this affect our lives? 2. Why do we care more about what other people think of us than our own? 3. Why do we strive by all means to obtain a prestigious social position, and seek to buy things that are higher than our material capabilities? 4. Why do we send so many preaching messages on various social media channels? 5. What is the difference between real work and what we think is real work? 6. What does it mean to leave a mark? And why should we care about leaving a trace?