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
not
to be productive. People who are smart and ambitious but don't achieve much tend to become bitter.
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