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People love to ask what you do for work and understand your professional trajectory. Often, it’s a surface question. Or, used to quickly categorize people in familiar boxes. But beneath this lies a far more interesting story.
I don’t think you can truly answer questions about work without exploring ambition and identity. Looking back over the last... See more
Sam Sager • Work, Ambition, and Identity
The Most Important Piece of Career Advice You Probably Never Heard - Cal Newport
Study Hackscalnewport.com
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
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.”
Ben Casnocha • 10,000 Hours With Reid Hoffman: What I Learned
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
