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Michael Jordan, like Steve Jobs, wouldn't be as revered if he came up today A ruthless desire to win / be great is no longer as aspirational as self-acceptance We prefer contentment to relentless ambition, not appreciating that it was someone's ambition that enabled our comfort
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Ambition is always revered by a small fraction, resented by a larger fraction, and treated with resignation as just another fact of life by the largest fraction. What reshapes that basic perception distribution is visibility of ambition, as a function of institutional environment
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