Ambition: a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work.
Truly successful people don't get to where they are by pure luck. They work hard. They work harder than anyone else. My favorite success stories are the ones involving the man or woman that started from the bottom and worked their way to the top. They couldn't have made it without drive, direction and ambition. You'd be surprised at how many people don't know the meaning of the word. These people didn't wait for opportunity, they seized them. I try to surround myself with as many of those people as I possibly can. My younger sister is definitely one of those people, I actually look up to her. She seems to have boundless energy, I wonder if her faith in god has anything to do with that. I'm 40 years old and I know that I don't have a whole lot of time life on this planet and I need to start making the most of my opportunities. It sometimes difficult to maintain my ambition when I'm surrounded by unambitious people at my job. Lack of production is not only accepted but seems to be welcomed which means more work is put on myself and the few others that get things done. I wouldn't mind so much if I was financially compensated for the extra work but I'm not. The slackers make more than myself because they've been there longer. But if I allow myself to give into the slackers I will be no better than them. But I would be a fool to kill myself working harder than I have too. I wonder how the successful people deal with such problems on the job. Firing a lazy employee doesn't seem to be an option anymore thanks to some well intention but misdirected human resource person. And ineffective management. I started talking about ambition and it turned into a self absorbed rant-I'm so sorry folks. Perhaps my ambition should lead me to finding another job. I have grown rather comfortable there and probably should get out of my comfort zone. I'm talk more about it on my next podcast, Xen speaks this Saturday. Have a great day everyone.
Truly successful people don't get to where they are by pure luck. They work hard. They work harder than anyone else. My favorite success stories are the ones involving the man or woman that started from the bottom and worked their way to the top. They couldn't have made it without drive, direction and ambition. You'd be surprised at how many people don't know the meaning of the word. These people didn't wait for opportunity, they seized them. I try to surround myself with as many of those people as I possibly can. My younger sister is definitely one of those people, I actually look up to her. She seems to have boundless energy, I wonder if her faith in god has anything to do with that. I'm 40 years old and I know that I don't have a whole lot of time life on this planet and I need to start making the most of my opportunities. It sometimes difficult to maintain my ambition when I'm surrounded by unambitious people at my job. Lack of production is not only accepted but seems to be welcomed which means more work is put on myself and the few others that get things done. I wouldn't mind so much if I was financially compensated for the extra work but I'm not. The slackers make more than myself because they've been there longer. But if I allow myself to give into the slackers I will be no better than them. But I would be a fool to kill myself working harder than I have too. I wonder how the successful people deal with such problems on the job. Firing a lazy employee doesn't seem to be an option anymore thanks to some well intention but misdirected human resource person. And ineffective management. I started talking about ambition and it turned into a self absorbed rant-I'm so sorry folks. Perhaps my ambition should lead me to finding another job. I have grown rather comfortable there and probably should get out of my comfort zone. I'm talk more about it on my next podcast, Xen speaks this Saturday. Have a great day everyone.
No comments:
Post a Comment