Ambitious but at peace

Can you add more detail here? What is your prediction? That they will (1) change their mind and not be at peace, because this feeling doesn't last or (2) they will not accomplish much because ambition is not compatible with being satisfied?

(this is my wild guess based on the tone of your post, just trying to understand it)

Re: Ambitious but at peace

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Post by andrewmutz » Fri, May 17, 2024, 2:43 PM UTC

I completely agree that a marathon mindset is more powerful than a sprint mindset. In your 20s you have so much energy but you don't understand the world well yet or yourself.

Over the next two decades you will slowly lose your energy but what will replace it will be a much better understanding of the world and your self. Your time will become much more limited, but your understanding of how best to spend it will get much better.

And eventually you will find that ambition and happiness pull you in different directions. In your 20s its great to focus on ambition, but in your 40s its time to build a future focused on your happiness.

Re: Ambitious but at peace

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Post by reportgunner » Fri, May 17, 2024, 2:43 PM UTC

OmarShehata wrote: post #6

siamese_puff wrote: post #4

Give it another 5 years and come back to me

Can you add more detail here? What is your prediction? That they will (1) change their mind and not be at peace, because this feeling doesn't last or (2) they will not accomplish much because ambition is not compatible with being satisfied? (this is my wild guess based on the tone of your post, just trying to understand it)

My 5 cents is that sometimes you can reach your ambitions and it might be hard for you to get new ambitions, no matter how you feel about yourself.

It can also happen that you end up with wrong ambitions and only find out once you reach those ambitions.

Re: Ambitious but at peace

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Post by righthand » Fri, May 17, 2024, 2:44 PM UTC

siamese_puff wrote: post #4

Give it another 5 years and come back to me

Yes just a few more years of ambition boiling away inside soon to be reduced by half as they realize the average person’s support network for ambition is non-existent.

We all have ambition and a peacefulness to it, but the most successful people have connections to utilize that peace and ambition. When your family or friends barely support your ambitions your network will not have a jump start on everyone else.

Re: Ambitious but at peace

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st » Fri, May 17, 2024, 2:52 PM UTC

andrewmutz wrote: post #7

I completely agree that a marathon mindset is more powerful than a sprint mindset. In your 20s you have so much energy but you don't understand the world well yet or yourself. Over the next two decades you will slowly lose your energy but what will replace it will be a much better understanding of the world and your self. Your time will become much more limited, but your understanding of how best to spend it will get…

I probably had more energy in my 40s than I did in my 20s. And in my 50s, I had more time too (kids were grown and gone).

In my 60s, yeah, energy down significantly, and time moves so fast.