How Important Is Ambition to Success
How important is ambition to successes?
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, once said,”Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” Thomas Jefferson then became one of the most influential leaders of all time and envisioned the United States to be one of the most powerful countries in the world, something no one at the time could imagine. It turned out to be true.
Why was Jefferson successful? Was it because of luck or was it with the help of others? No, not a single bit. It was because of his ambition, his strong desire to make the United States prosper, that the United States is now one of the leading countries in the world. If Jefferson had no vision for United States, the country may not be what it is now.
Ambition is one of the most important factors to achieve success. Logically speaking, you have to set your goals on something before you go ahead and achieve it. Imagine your life as a race, and that winning is equivalent to achieving success. If at the starting point you do not have the mindset to win the race, it is obvious that you will not give it your best and definitely you would not win. Compare that to someone who is ambitious and has a strong motivation to win, he will probably give it his best to win the race and might even surpass his own limits, and of course he will have a very high chance of winning.
Some of you may argue with me and say that even if the man with the person has a strong ambition, he may not have talent, and there may be others that win the race because they are naturally strong. That I cannot deny as it is a fact, but if the man had a strong ambition, losing is only temporary, and he will stand strong again to compete in the next race. He may not win in the next race again, but he will keep trying and trying to win the race. One example is my favourite scientist Thomas Edison. He failed over 2000
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, once said,”Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” Thomas Jefferson then became one of the most influential leaders of all time and envisioned the United States to be one of the most powerful countries in the world, something no one at the time could imagine. It turned out to be true.
Why was Jefferson successful? Was it because of luck or was it with the help of others? No, not a single bit. It was because of his ambition, his strong desire to make the United States prosper, that the United States is now one of the leading countries in the world. If Jefferson had no vision for United States, the country may not be what it is now.
Ambition is one of the most important factors to achieve success. Logically speaking, you have to set your goals on something before you go ahead and achieve it. Imagine your life as a race, and that winning is equivalent to achieving success. If at the starting point you do not have the mindset to win the race, it is obvious that you will not give it your best and definitely you would not win. Compare that to someone who is ambitious and has a strong motivation to win, he will probably give it his best to win the race and might even surpass his own limits, and of course he will have a very high chance of winning.
Some of you may argue with me and say that even if the man with the person has a strong ambition, he may not have talent, and there may be others that win the race because they are naturally strong. That I cannot deny as it is a fact, but if the man had a strong ambition, losing is only temporary, and he will stand strong again to compete in the next race. He may not win in the next race again, but he will keep trying and trying to win the race. One example is my favourite scientist Thomas Edison. He failed over 2000