Ambition and passion are probably the best things around, but both are fuelled by hope and optimism. It's the overuse of both these words that irritate me.
This is how I see things:
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Passion helps you elevate the floor of your potential. It keeps you up at night, keeps you curious and drives you to be/have/seek better.
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Goals help you manifest the ceiling of your potential. It keeps you away from diversions and detours along the way.
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Ambition drives you enough to make you realise (perhaps a little scarily) ––
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That your passion is not good enough
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That your goals weren't big enough
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Constant motivation-porn and hustle advice (perhaps) makes you believe that constantly changing "ambitions" is going to get higher up the ladder. I disagree. The abuse of the word "ambition" and creation of false equivalences is an attempt to shortchange a bright future.
Life is a marathon, and the people who profit off of sprints and short races are selling you the cool-aid of motivation.
Paraphrasing what my friend said a few years ago: "you don't rise to your highest dreams, you fall to your lowest systems".
May you know your worth in the best definition possible,
And see your long term goals in 480p,
Your short term goals in 2k,
And your next step in 8k.
Now, take that first step.
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