Ambition can be a fickle thing.
The desire and will to succeed is an admirable virtue. How many stories have we heard about of musicians, actors or people born into poverty? But they worked hard, maybe had a little bit of luck along the way. Perhaps they gave up everything they had to pursue their craft and never gave up until they made it. As a culture, we love those stories of struggle and determination. It reflects our human spirit. And without ambition we wouldn’t have the world that we have today.
But what if I told you that ambition is living for the future? And that the future you are living for today may or may not come? Only you can decide if that is the path that you want to take, and if it is worth it to you. Maybe it is worth the sacrifice of the present, maybe it isn’t.
The dark side of ambition is that it can become all-consuming. When we come from of a place of needing or wanting more, and we aren’t enjoying the journey to success, we come from a place of lack. Having a sense of lack can be motivating or can make you miserable. There is a fine line.
What does ambition mean to you?
