ambition
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ambition
My body was not an obstacle to ambition, but the barometer for what sustainable ambition could look like now.
Substack • The Workplace Runs on Dysregulated Women
There’s a phrase making the rounds online: “The more I heal, the less ambitious I become.” I’ve been wondering if its resonance reveals a quiet fatigue with the constant push for more and a longing for lives that are simpler, quieter, and more self-directed. Not smaller in value, but in volume. To me, that’s not regression. That’s freedom.
In Defense of Thinking Small
Things that reduce the odds of long-term success:
+ Saying yes to too many things.
+ Making excuses.
+ Staying up late.
+ Eating poorly.
+ Checking email first thing in the AM.
+ Working more to fix being busy.
+ Buying things you... See more
nametwitter.com
Sources of personal competitive advantage:
- delayed gratification
- capital
- network (who you know)
- unique skills or combinations
- platform
- ability to suffer
- family / home life
- speed
- ability... See more
nametwitter.comYour physical location should match your level of ambition
this is underdiscussed imo
“an ambitious person on an optimal trajectory will often read to the system as an instance of breakage.” – http://paulgraham.com/greatwork.html