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AMBITION
AMBITION
Sometimes ambition gets a bad rap -- seen as a negative attribute rather than a positive
one. In my experience, it's ambition that drives people to accomplish great things --
According to Ines Temple, president of LHH-DBM Peru and LHH Chile, ambition is
much more positive than negative. I asked Ines to explain why this is the case. The
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They know what they want, they have clear goals, and work very hard to accomplish
them. They embrace challenges and enjoy them -- they know they are necessary to
Ambitious people take charge of their destiny and don't expect others to bow down to
their needs. They have willpower and determination. They know where they are going
and what they have to do to get there. They are capable of changing and measuring up
to their dreams, always watchful of the opportunities that are out there for those who
without a healthy dose of ambition. Those who wish to be more, know more, do more,
give more, or have more, have a purpose and a powerful internal drive that leads them
to dream bigger and go further. Ambition drives them to advance and accomplish their
and higher power of abstraction and visualization of the future. Ambitious people
have a gleam in their eyes as they approach their goals. They vibrate at a higher level
and have a contagious enthusiasm about accomplishing things. They inspire and
motivate others.
It should be noted that being ambitious does not imply a lack or values or ethics. Nor a
Here, we don't value ambition. We fear it and mistrust it (almost as much as the
if every ambitious person was inherently capable and willing to harm others. Of
course there are many out there with unbridled ambition -- stereotyped as the bad guy
in the story -- capable of doing anything and running over anyone to get whatever they
want. But this does not automatically disqualify those with a healthy and positive level
On the other hand, people without ambition ask very little of life and that is what they
get, little or nothing. They have no dreams, no vision, no direction or clear intent, and
therefore, they get nowhere. Some are conformists, others passive or perhaps
unmotivated. Many of them are embittered towards life and don't understand that it is
precisely their lack of ambition which sabotages their future: They are unable to
imagine their future and therefore to create it for themselves. People without ambition
aren't truly honest with themselves: They don't have the courage to take the risks
potential. Unfortunately, it's as if their wings are tied behind their backs and they don't
We must teach our children the power of ambition and dreaming big. These are major
motivators of personal and collective success. And we must also teach them that
ambition can, and should, work to benefit others and society in general.
Today, we should demand those who will lead us into the future to provide us a clear
vision, with ambitious and challenging goals that inspire all of us to accomplish them.
Only in this way will we have the thriving, fair, and equitable workplace -- and world