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And I think that’s one of our enduring understandings of what ambition has to be something massive, something that rules your life and every decision you make, something that never stops burning, and crucially, something that somehow lands people in this mystical land of perfect contentment. If you’ve ever known someone whose primary attribute is a
... See morefrom What Happened To My Ambition? with Rainesford Stauffer | Crooked Media by Anne Helen Petersen
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We sometimes like to comfort ourselves by imagining that the ambitious are prideful and arrogant so that those of us who never risk, never aspire, never launch out into the deep get to wear the moralizing mantle of humility. But this imagining is often just thin cover for a lack of courage, even laziness. Playing it safe isn’t humble. Second, it is
... See morefrom On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts by James K. A. Smith
- Ambition often comes with discontent; focus with rigidity; contentment with complacency.
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