Ambition

In life, men are always striving - striving for a better job with higher income, striving for excellence, and so on. We are on a quest for great achievement and happiness. Everyone wants to be somebody.

A lot of people are driven to do evil to achieve much. Maybe we are born evil beings - evil tendencies "kick in" at the right time. It is a struggle to be good (rather than evil), to always make wise choices, to resist temptation, and so on. Keep up the fight!

Songs that remind us we can easily be greedy and evil.....

I Want It All
"I want it all, the fame and the fortune and more....."

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5xxSRvl5VM&index=3&list=PLmYXTlZN4bBLiYNV-KrhlU0dV3NS6jpHQ)


I'm Bad By Michael Jackson
"You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it...."

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd4SJVsTulc&list=PLmYXTlZN4bBLiYNV-KrhlU0dV3NS6jpHQ&index=5)

Continuing coverage of struggles....

Here is an inspiring story of achievement despite struggles (from LinkedIn):

MainMessageForToday
Ambition is not all bad. Ambition makes a person want to pursue something and achieve much ("get up and get") and also provides the will to stay the course when the going gets tough.

"Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it."
- Brian Tracy

"People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them."
- Dr. Allan Fromme

"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."
- Doris Lessing

Apparently, faking it till you make it works. Your body (language) affects how you think and feel about yourself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc
What a wonderful presentation!

#MainMessageForToday
Faking it has a negative connotation, but it can help you achieve what you set your mind to.

"Without difficulties, life would be like a stream without rocks and curves – about as interesting as concrete. Without problems, there can be no personal growth, no group achievement, no progress of humanity. But what mattes about problems is what one does with them."
- Benjamin Hoff, The Te Of Piglet

"Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment."
- Eric Butterworth

"There is no use whatsoever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself."
- Andrew Carnegie

"Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go."
- James Cook

#MainMessageForToday
Every person want to achieve much, wants to win and therefore is ambitious. Ambition is usually at the root of great achievement.

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A man who wants to achieve his dreams or be the best at what he does has the ambition to succeed. Where there is ambition, there is motivation.

"For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again."
- Bryan Clay

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."
- Helen Keller

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." 
- Robert F. Kennedy

Why confidence is needed or required:

"Life is not easy for any of us.... We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."
- Marie Curie

"You need to develop somehow a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there is a lot of rejection throughout an actor's life and you have to believe in yourself more than anyone else."
- Stephen Collins

What type of person is:
- Thankful or content with the way things are;
- Reserved, not wanting to ruffle feathers;
- Tolerant;
- A pushover
?
How would such a person fare in the world?

LifeLesonsForAll.com: Shouldering responsibilities is associated with success and achievement. Yet, some people shirk their responsibilities. These people may have issues such as fear of failure, complacency, or an inferiority complex.