We know that "overambitious" is considered a bad word in our society. They have conditioned us in such a way that, even in our stories, the ambitious person is always seen as a negative person or villain, almost parallel to a greedy person.
Well, now that being ambitious in terms of career has got some recognition, it is still a negative word in personal life. Whereas, if seen through practicality, ambition is a very important element in leading a good life. It brings success both in professional and personal places. Let us look at ambition through a new lens and find out what happens if we don’t have ambition, so that you get an idea of its importance.
Our priorities can’t be fixed
The kind of life one lives should be full of substances. You will be more successful only if you have certain ambitious goals in your life. If we do not have ambition, i.e., a strong desire to achieve something in life, then even after spending our whole life, we will see that we have not done anything, not at all.
For example, if one of the husband and wife is ambitious and the other is without a goal, then after some time, they both start knocking each other down. Whereas the ambitious partner feels their partner does not want to improve their life, the partner with no ambition feels their partner has no interest in personal life but they are after the money.
That’s why there should be no ambition, but your priorities should be fixed. Decide what you want from life and take your steps accordingly.
We get entangled in everyday task
Everyone wants to make changes in their life. They look for a better tomorrow, but this is not going to happen just by thinking about a brighter future. For this, you will have to work and work with a properly chalked out, ambitious plan. If you want to make your life different, then you have to do something different from your everyday tasks.
If you have no ambition, then you will make your current life and lifestyle a comfort zone and will not even think of doing anything new. What will happen to this? Your life will remain the same tomorrow as it is today. Whereas one day you discover that the world has changed dramatically, this is a matter of professional life. When our ambition ends in our personal life, then we stop wooing our partner or doing something new for him, and our life becomes boring. Image source
Fights start in personal lives
If there is a vast difference between the goals related to the lives of both of you and the road map to achieve them, then it will start to have an adverse effect on your married life. At first, there will be a rift between you, but with passing time, fights will become commonplace, and after that, big fights will become common. You find that the two of you do not agree on many things. The things that you think are important may seem unnecessary to your partner. Fights over small things can also lead to separation. If you both have your own ambitions, then your focus will be on fulfilling them. Both would love to see each other move ahead in their careers. You can also help each other.
You can’t get motivated to do something good
If you live with someone who is full of enthusiasm, then after some time, you will also find yourself energized. But if your partner is a frog in the well, living in his own shell, then after some time you will either become like him or get away from him completely. We get excited when there is a desire to do something. This is called "ambition" in another language.
I hope you understand that having ambition is not as bad as not having it. So take "ambition" from the list of bad words and put it on the list of positive words. Also, think about what you want to do in life and how you will do it.