Many of us spend our lives pursuing private acceptance through external success. But no matter the award or honor, our inner doubts will remain. True acceptance comes from inside us. It takes asking ourselves challenging questions like: What do I want from my work? What’s most important about it to me ? How would I create my work differently if I... See more

You can’t wait until everyone understands you and gives you their permission and blessing to go live your life how you want. You don’t need to feel guilty about moving on, letting go, losing their dumb status games, and going after your own life goals. It is ok if you’re not properly calibrated to humanity and meet some people who try to take

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The more I heal, the less ambitious I become.

I have no interest anymore in ambition. I even dislike the word.

On a podcast I recently listened to the question was posed: “Can ambition be virtuous?”

And I agree with the host guiding the conversation: it can’t. Ambition is inherently selfish.

Ambition requires you to have unhealthy priorities. I... See more