Don't you ever, even a little bit, wish you could be content though?
If it annoys you when people tell you not to be ambitious, use that to make you more ambitious. If it doesn't, you should probably listen to them.
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When people tell me to *not be* anything, after reflection I find I usually do the opposite
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This rule definitely doesn't apply to everything. Violent, for example.
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Why would anyone ever say this?
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When they feel like your ambition causes them discomfort and/or inconvenience.
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Being underestimated is one of the most motivating things EVER for me.
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a lot of times it's also about people's perception of you, rather than the reality. but that probably means you have to work on correcting that perception.
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Ambition in women and men is treated differently in the real world. Culturally we have told girls not to be ambitious, so let’s be careful not to further that narrative if they’re less familiar with how to actualize it.
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reminds me of your essay suggesting founders shouldn't drop out of school, but those that would would do so regardless of your suggestion.
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Internal motivation is enough to make me go for regular runs, but external motivation (a race with hundreds of people) makes me run a lot faster! We need both!
#positivepeerpressure is at least 50% of the value I get from Twitter.
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