From childhood, every child is taught: in order to achieve something, you must first want it. It is understandable: the correct goal-setting is already half of the work done; it is important, realizing your needs and commensurate them with your capabilities, to find the optimal algorithm of actions to achieve the desired result.
In the business West, permeated with the spirit of entrepreneurship, children are taught from school to set priorities correctly and achieve financial well-being. So why is it that in our, Russian, society, this model of behavior is so hostile, believing that an ambitious person is a deviation from the norm, often a miserable careerist, an intriguer and the owner of other unflattering epithets? In this article, we will try to understand what ambition is, whether it is a good quality or a bad one, and whether reaching all imaginable heights brings happiness.
Ambitiousness isa quality similar to ambition is the constant desire for something more than there is at the moment, the constant application of efforts (both mental and physical) to achieve the set goals. Ambitious - it means motivated for success, a sociable person who never accepts defeat. From an economic point of view, such people are simply indispensable for teamwork,
their desires constantly spur them on, forcing them to act and achieve their goal. It would seem that there are only positive aspects. From the point of view of society, an ambitious person is the result of successful socialization, when an individual accepted the norms and rules that prevail in society and began to play according to them. Indeed, no one will say about a successful person: "he is asocial" or "he is not law-abiding." On the contrary, success is inextricably linked with adherence to the ethical framework inherent in a particular class. As we can see, from the point of view of public opinion, an ambitious person is a person worthy of respect and imitation.
However, like every phenomenon, ambition has a downside. What is she? So, firstly, goals are often achieved by not entirely honest means. "To go over the heads" - so often characterize unscrupulous, presumptuous careerists who, for the sake of their selfish motivations, forget about any morality and about the existence of other people. Callousness, cruelty, hypocrisy, servility - all these negative qualities are acquired in the pursuit of material we alth.
What is the recipe for the perfect combination of he althy ambition and high moral principles? A person must find this balance himself, and neither the literature from the series "All About Human Psychology" nor the advice and instructions of acquaintances will help. The main thing is to remember that the highest value in this life is life itself and close people nearby, and the material and career components are in secondary positions. If you swap them, then it is unlikely that something good will come of it. Authority and recognition will not save you from loneliness and disappointment, and material values \u200b\u200bcan never fill the spiritual void. Therefore, from the foregoing, we can conclude that an ambitious person is not necessarily a negative character, the main thing is that his claims and actions do not infringe on the interests of those who are nearby.
