It’s interesting how ambition can actually be a bad thing. I want to make tens of millions and impact millions of people and leave a big legacy. But then the problem is with dreams that big I struggle so much to relax. I feel so much pressure to always be productive. I’m a human doing not a human being. And then I also think “well dang if I want to accomplish all these things I should be further by now” which that isn’t good for mental health either. I wish I was content with less

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This is probably what you don’t want to hear, but I’ll have to say it. You’re not ambitious. You are dreaming of the idea of it.

Real ambitious people are the ones who thrive at the idea of overcoming all those obstacles you listed. They don’t like the idea of being. They like doing and achieving things.

I’m like you too, unfortunately. Wish someone would just hand me $10mn

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Not here to judge, but there is some merit to D1’s opinion. One is far more likely to feel mentally tired if they just like the idea of being successful and don’t understand the price that comes with. If you’ve watched Hamilton, you know what really ambitious people are like - they chase their dreams tirelessly

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Man you are a consultant @ PwC

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I’m actually a corporate tax accountant. But I do want to leave the job

Funny enough. That’s the type of personality that usually ends up changing the world. People who are driven to greater power and influence by something other than a passing desire. Some people get physically ill when they feel like they are languishing.

Read some biographies of great men and women to level set. If you’re willing to accept sacrifices like the ones they made, then there’s nothing wrong with the way you think.

Can hustle culture just die already.

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