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The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
Gay Hendricks • 3 highlights
amazon.com
Let’s talk about Ambition vs. Agency
Ambition is like speed:
• speed = scalar quantity
• has only magnitude
Agency is like velocity:
• velocity = vector quantity
• has both magnitude & direction
It doesn’t... See more
Danielle Vermeer | Teleporttwitter.comThere’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
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
But while the stereotype of ambition is indeed someone like Elon Musk (or Steve Jobs, before that), I don't think you literally need to aim for Mars to stir the heart of sailors. Nor do I think you need to be as abrasive or demanding, as the stereotype implies. That's the balance we've been trying to find at 37signals since its inception: The... See more
David Heinemeier Hansson (dhh@hey.com) • The Gift of Ambition
People who do great work are not necessarily happier than everyone else, but they're happier than they'd be if they didn't. In fact, if you're smart and ambitious, it's dangerous
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to be productive. People who are smart and ambitious but don't achieve much tend to become bitter.
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to be productive. People who are smart and ambitious but don't achieve much tend to become bitter.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
Author E.B. White once captured the essence of why. “I wake up in the morning unsure of whether I want to savor the world or save the world,” White said , “This makes it hard to plan the day.”