Ambition and economic success

in LeoFinance2 years ago

In the previous article I talked to you about the importance of focusing in order to achieve financial success; and in this sense, today I come to talk to you about an issue related to economic success as well: Ambition.

Ambition is a good or bad thing?

We must clarify that ambition is usually understood as something bad, because it is wrongly associated with the idea of ​​achieving the ends that are pursued without scruples, ethics, or morals. It is a wrong way of understanding what ambition is, because ambition is the engine of large companies, it is what motivates people to fight to achieve what they want, it is the energy that drives large projects.

No great technological invention in the history of humanity was created without ambition, because ambition is purpose, it is the will to achieve something that seems impossible. Although ambition is generally associated with money or power, it is much more than that.

Ambition, money and power

As I said, ambition is usually related to money, power, and even lust, but those are just some facets that ambition can have; because any company or project that is undertaken requires a certain dose of personal ambition by those who drive them.

Take the case, for example, of the North American and Latin American wars of independence ... If those who fought for the independence processes had not had some kind of personal ambition, the independence would not have been achieved. Ambition in such cases was the engine to achieve the desired freedom and defeating to the enemies.

We could say that the ambition in the aforementioned cases was of an economic and moral nature, but being strictly realistic, they were of an economic nature in the purest sense of the word. The moral part, is the history with which the plebs were forced to fight in wars (as it happens today); but the economic part, the financial goals of the great powerful groups, was what ambitiously impelled to achieve the objective of freedom and independence. Of course, it does not matter if there were economic motivations or not in the independence processes, that there were, because the important thing was that the desired freedom was achieved in such cases.

The fact is that both the oppressive kingdoms, as well as the independence heroes and leaders, had personal ambitions, economic ambitions in most cases, and in the cases of some specific characters, only moral and glory ambitions.

This is why many consider ambition a bad thing, but it is not, because as I said, ambition is nothing less than the engine of large companies, which drives large projects. Without ambition, no one would be motivated to do anything important.

Who, for example, would want to start a company or undertake a project that would only generate worries and expenses and no type of profit? Sounds illogical, right? Well, that's how important ambition is in every way.

So being ambitious is healthy and normal. The problem with ambition occurs when there are several persons o persons' groups ambitious for exactly the same thing, or when someone, in a desperate search for what he wants, has no moral values ​​or scruples, or ethic; and tries to achieve it at all costs.

It is in such cases where ambition can be understood as something bad, but if we look at it, it is not ambition per se that is bad, but the mentality of those who hold ambition and the personal nature of those who are ambitious.

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Ambition to obtain financial success

It should be noted that many people associate the ambition to achieve wealth with evil, because it is related in such cases with illicit activities. Due that old saying that says "The end justifies the means." But the fact that criminal or unscrupulous groups use their personal ambitions pretending to justify unethical ways to achieve them, does not mean that ambition is bad, instead what is bad is trying to achieve what is ambitious by trampling on others, abusing others.

But those who achieve their ambitions for wealth and progress through intelligent, peaceful, conscious effort, and without harming anyone, deserve to achieve what they aspire to, and generally do. And that's why I say ambition is really good and desirable.

In fact, being ambitious is totally desirable, especially in the economic success topic, due, if you want to be rich and are not ambitious, then you will never have enough drive, energy or will to achieve it.

Because if you want to be a millionaire, and you are not ambitious, then you will settle for anything, even if you can get something better. Therefore, if you are not ambitious, you will never achieve the abundance and wealth that you desire.

Being ambitious is a good and desirable thing, because it drives you to be more demanding of yourself, because it makes you aware that you deserve more and can get more in your life. With ambition you are aware you can get real financial success, and true financial freedom in your life.

So, well-driven ambition can take you to great heights, achieving the financial wealth you long for.

Ambitious smart

We are here talking about healthy ambition, and in that sense, healthy ambition implies the will not to be a conformist, to always seek more and to achieve what is desired, and therefore it requires being intelligent. In this sense, it must be clear that:

  1. Having goals without ambition: It is useless.

  2. Have ambition without goals: It is stupid.

Because if you have goals, but you have no ambition, you will not achieve anything that you want. But if you have ambition for something (lets say wealth), but you don't know what exactly your goal is, then that is stupid thing. And hence the importance of what I explained to you in the previous article, regarding focusing on what we want to achieve, to get it effectively.

Summarizing

You have to be ambitious to achieve the great goals of life, because wanting to achieve goals without having ambition is like wanting to drive a car that has no fuel.

Having ambition implies knowing very well the goals we have, and focusing on them, ethica and smartly.

Ambition gives us a direction, it gives us the will to achieve what we want to achieve. Economic success is no exception, so in this sense, if we have a well-channeled ambition, we will achieve everything we set out to do in life.

Think about it!!

Please, comment your opinions on the subject discussed. There they are read!!

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