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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
“an ambitious person on an optimal trajectory will often read to the system as an instance of breakage.” – http://paulgraham.com/greatwork.html
The single greatest challenge for any ambitious person is eliminating the guilt associated with free time and rest.
Sahil Bloomx.com
Redefining ambition through patience: Todd Masonis's journey from tech success with Sean Parker to founding award-winning Dandelion Chocolate
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And that's why recently I've been looking for someone that's ambitious, but just has a very different relationship with time, is okay waiting for things. That's how I met Todd.
Todd Masonis is the founder of Dandelion Chocolate In his previous life as a college student at Stanford Todd started a tech company with none other than the Sean Parker
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Adam Harmetzblog.mindthebeet.com
Episode #188 Achievement Society and the rise of narcissism depression and anxiety - Byung-Chul Han
youtube.comThis was illuminating. My notes:
Negative power is the way people have been control for most of human history.
Negative power means being controlled by prohibition or limitation, telling people you can’t do this or that. Today, people are controlled through positive power. Positive power tells you you can be whatever you want, you’re in charge, so you have no limitations. As long as you can put your head down, focus, grind, achieve your short term goals, set new ones and achieve those.
Authenticity is an ad campaign of neo-liberalism. It's a self absorbed nightmare. People now have to define themselves through themselves without any sort of help from the outside. Everyone is their own little personal project. Everything we learn is not just learning anymore. It's an investment in ourselves. Everything is about mentally optimizing yourself working, producing more efficiently with your mind.
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.