From childhood, each child is taught: in order to achieve something, you must first want it. It is understandable: the correct goal setting is already half the work done; It is important to realize your needs and to measure 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 from school are taught to correctly prioritize and achieve financial prosperity. So why in our, Russian society so hostile to this model of behavior, believing that an ambitious person is a deviation from the norm, often a miserable careerist, an intriguer and possessor of other unflattering epithets? In this article, we will try to understand what is ambitious, good is this quality or bad, and whether happiness brings about the achievement of all imaginable peaks.
Ambitiousness is a quality similar to ambition, it is a constant desire for something more than there is at present, a constant application of efforts (both mental and physical) to achieve the set goals. Ambitious - this means motivated to succeed, a communicable person who never succumbs to defeat. From the economic point of view, such people are simply irreplaceable for teamwork, Their desires constantly urge them, forcing them to act and achieve their goal. It would seem that some positive aspects. From the point of view of society, an ambitious person is the result of successful socialization, when the individual has adopted norms and rules reigning in society, and began to play on them. Indeed, no one will say about a successful person: "he is asocial" or "he is not law-abiding". On the contrary, success is inseparably linked with following the ethical framework inherent in a particular class. As we see, from the point of view of public opinion, an ambitious person is a person worthy of respect and imitation.
However, like every phenomenon, ambitiousness has a downside. What is it? So, first, often goals are achieved not entirely honest means. "Walking on their heads" is so often characterized by unprincipled, arrogant careerists who, for the sake of their selfish motivations, forget about all morality and the existence of other people. Hardness, cruelty, hypocrisy, servility - all these negative qualities are acquired in pursuit of material goods.
What is the recipe for an ideal combination of healthy ambition and high moral principles? This balance must be found by man himself, and neither the literature in the series "Everything about the psychology of man" nor the advice and guidance of friends 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 stand on secondary positions. If you swap them, it's unlikely that something good will come out of it. Authority and recognition will not be saved from loneliness and frustration, and material values can never fill the spiritual void. Therefore, from the above, 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 the interests of those who are close.