Difference between Ambition and Over-Ambition

Some people from their adolescence period show to have this quality, and they prosper in life.

But some of them fail miserably.

Why?

In the process of becoming ambitious, they over exaggerated their abilities, skill sets and run pillar to post to accomplish their goals. Without knowing their limitation, they simply depend on this quality which is not a fruitful proposition.

Needless to say, that ambition is a positive quality of life. It makes you move fast and cross barriers which most of us come across during the process of the life journey. But one thing needs to be understood that for the purpose of achieving success, you have to rationalize your goals. You have to devise plans and strategies to suit your capabilities.

Who does not want success?

That does not mean that you will go beyond your reach. Simply the same conceptual pattern of thinking will not yield any effective result. On the contrary, the repetitive failures will bring frustration.

For example, if you do not have a melodious voice, and you aspire to be a great singer, the thinking may not be that appropriate. By practicing to your fullest satisfaction and taking the guidance from a top-notch guru, you may advance your career to some extent in this line, but you cannot be a celebrity. Many people do not understand this fundamental aspect and become not only ambitious but show over-confidence. 

If you want to be an achiever and have ambitions to achieve many accomplishments of your likings, you must be a proactive person. You have to be a confident performer, so that your mediocrity, if any, crops up does not deteriorate your spirit.

You must be in a position to ignore the critic’s negative criticism and continue to show your dedication to accomplish achievement one after another. The only criteria you must be ambitious, but should not show over-confidence.  If a person is ambitious, and increase his capabilities within his reach, he will turn all his leaves to ensure his fighting spirit to transcend any barriers, which are on his way to block his progress.

Again, ambition is a quality, which you can increase if you practice remaining positive and sincere in all your endeavors in life. If you have an unflagging determination to accomplish your target, you will definitely do so.

You will find many people, who are insolvents, financially weak and classified as destitute, but due to their immense power of propelling themselves to be ambitious, they achieve their goals within their limit. They are hell-bent on their style of ruining lives.

That is one of the glaring examples of how the ambitious people never believe in the theory of “let go.” There are many people, who fall into this category.

For example, Albert Einstein, who started his career from a very modest beginning, mesmerized the world with his invention, which changed the texture of scientific history. Albert was born in the nineteenth century and his condition was very poor. He started his initial years of the career like any other ordinary poor boy who lived in miseries and destitution.

But from the very beginning of his life, he was a firm believer of positivity and he was very ambitious. He was obsessed with a determination to see that his fanatic attachment to scientific discoveries was met. He used to carry out all his studies, experiments and related efforts to pursue his goal to the very end. His determination was his big asset and finally, he emerged as one of the renowned scientists of the world.

His main characteristic trait was the power of determination and based on the said power, he was not only the famous but also the pioneer of scientific inventions. There is no doubt that everyone cannot have this power, but at least, we can try to achieve a fraction of the same. It is the basic formula of nature and it is applicable to all.

The only difference is that some are able to take the opportunities in their stride, but most are failing to do so. All these efforts must be in line with your grasping power to accept the extra load.

Even though exercising this magical power is not so easy, but everyone is born with this great quality. The human beings are the most intelligent species in this world.  So, all of us are potentially having the power to make ourselves as superhuman beings. 

What is needed to turn this quality to bring achievement is your dedication so that the inherent potentialities can be converted into actualities.

You need an insatiable hunger to fulfill your dream into results. Of course, this hunger must be supported by well-planned efforts and strategies. One must remember that success is not a fancy jargon.  If you want to be successful, you have to burn your midnight lamps days after days, and years after years.  Success is the result of your own striving very hard.

If you would like to be a super achiever, you must recognize your own capabilities, utilize the same and if there is any deficiency because of which you are not able to accomplish any feats, you must hone out your capabilities within your reach.

To become an achiever, you should be ambitious, but not an adventurer. It is good to be confident, but at the same time, you should not be arrogant.  Fix up your target and put your efforts to achieve the same.  But it should not be at the cost of any other person’s success and shadow his peace of mind.

You should be a great planner. You must refrain yourself from committing any corrupt practice and immodest behavior causing others displeasure. It is a commendable idea to be a self-made person, but not by snatching others rights. You should never take the negative side of life’s happenings; instead, you must always search for the positivity. You must either follow or ignore the happenings occurred in the external world.

When you accept the external happenings and carry out the same on your way to fulfill your accomplishment; never blame yourself for wrong results. You have to be ambitious and put your best efforts. You should never desire any action to influence the said happenings when as per your own consciousness, the same is wrong. That will be risky; it may bring favors to you, but mostly, it invites failures.

Life is full of thorns. It is not a smooth journey and is splashed with many constraints, turbulence, and unpleasant situations. Face the consequence of its value rather than ignoring the same. You should be ambitious, but not at the cost of seeing only daydreams.

An ambitious man who acknowledges the reality and accepts the norms of pleasant and plausible life will definitely be a super achiever. He knows what is to be done and what needs to be discarded for the purpose of success. In short, it is nothing wrong to be ambitious, but displaying over ambition all the time is not the right approach.