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The 4 Hidden Costs of Your Ambition That No One Tells You About.
Every choice in life has a cost. Do you know how much you’re paying?
As a society, we celebrate ambition without really questioning its costs.
As L.M. Montgomery said,
“We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won.”
Every choice in life has a price. You just pay them at different times.
The question then becomes:
Would you rather pay the cost of ambition or the cost of regret?
Ambition for a better tomorrow creates a price to pay today. Laziness today creates a price to pay tomorrow.
But how much does ambition cost?
For my fellow world-beaters, here are the 4 hidden costs of your ambition.
The First Cost Every Ambitious Person Must Pay.
Very few people will understand what you do.
If I had a dollar every time a friend or family member asked me: “so, what exactly do you do again?” I would be a millionaire.
