Ambition Cuts Both Ways

 

AMBITION CUTS BOTH WAYS.  From our childhood till now even as we speak, everyone advocates and pushes for us to drive AMBITIONS [and I am one of them no less].  BUT alas, not to douse cold water on our motivated approaches towards our AMBITIONS, sometimes we would hear discouraging narratives WHERE someone got stuck up in life all because of AMBITION.  Heard of someone WHO, from his childhood, with all the guidance and encouragement from one's parents, was so glued to become a doctor, WHATEVER it takes, WHATEVER happens.  UNTIL he hits a wall OR an immovable force and yet, we will admire that person's singularly obsessive goal to become a doctor in his life, again, WHATEVER it takes📗📙📘

Sadly, WHEN we become so obsessed with a goal to a point WHERE there's nothing else you want to achieve except that goal, that could be the best motivation ever.  BUT WHAT IF you hit a wall that just CAN'T be hurdled?  Sadly, I have seen people so focused with that AMBITION to the extent that he will literally wait till that wall crumbles OR collapses.  BUT think about it, WHAT's the probability of that wall crumbling OR collapsing😡😡😡

This sampling may seem to be an outliers BUT frankly, I did witness these kind of narrative multiple times, making these outliers as seemingly less like an outlier.  WHAT's pitiful [if NOT despicable] is that I did witness well-meaning people patiently stretching their perseverance for the sake of that AMBITION which is a stretch.  It's like hearing all I want in life is this goal OR bust.  WHERE does pragmatism come in?  As we often here, we can be overly ambitious but NOT to a point WHERE our obsession becomes like those 'misguided missiles' coming from Iran intended to Israel [or vice versa].  Point is, pragmatism must come into play💙💚💛

In a world we live WHERE the word 'hustle' has become the mantra for quite many of us [and that included me in the NOT so distant past], individual goals and dreams often take precedence over a person's well-being.  AMBITION has often been heralded as a quintessential ingredient for success.  This burning desire for achievements has been the wind in the sail of voyagers and dreamers alike💥💥💥

Our takeaway:  NOT to douse cold water on our well-meaning AMBITIONS in life, there are one too many narratives WHEREIN because of our darn focus on our AMBITIONS, it led quite some of us to burnout and worst, even health-related issues, all because of our focus on our AMBITIONS.  And to add salt to those 'open wounds', heard of relationships weakening OR crumbled because either of the partner/spouse was so focused on that AMBITION.  Dude, AMBITION CUTS BOTH WAYS.  BALANCING ACT dude❗❗❗