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| A baby pygmy hippo who will eventually grow to weigh 400-500 lbs |
- Mark Twain
Ambition is a word that can often be misunderstood by those who quote it, and or, by those that hear it being quoted. It's often an attribute assigned to the captivated person who is single minded in a pursuit. Moreover, it can also be a shield of excuse for those that do not know how to wield it correctly, thus mistakenly claiming ambition as the cover for ill-spirited actions. The world is littered by the collateral damage of ambition gone astray. Yet in it it all, ambition is the fuel for realizing an upstream located vision, despite the current down stream reality. The question is how well do we understand the fundamentals of this powerful tool?
All dreams are delicate and inspiring in their inception. The one common denominator cited by those that have realized their dream is that they all encountered resistance and doubt. Ambition was the internal voice that inspired the daily dirt moving efforts to continue when the emotion waned and the doubt hovered around like a coastal fog. Those that did realize their dreams knew that the vision they had was in fact a possibility if they were to abide by the fundamentals of success instead of the public perception of success (Time Magazine 2005). Similar to the baby hippo pictured above who will eventually grow to weigh 400-500 pounds, with the continual presence of some metaphorical food and water, your own existing undeveloped gifts are destined to grow.
The Business Insider website outlines a metaphorical diet plan consisting of 9 substance building blocks to success that one should take account of in their own lives. I highly recommend that you remind yourself that these building blocks are like food in that just because I eat healthy yesterday, doesn't mean I have arrived. It is a daily being that promotes a larger capacity for doing.
Win Today!
Victor
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