Reclaim your ambition on your terms
This month The Sustainable Ambition Podcast turned 100. Woohoo!
You might wonder—why am I committed to Sustainable Ambition and the podcast? First, because I think Sustainable Ambition is as relevant and needed as ever, and because it’s a part of me reclaiming my ambition on my terms.
In Episode 100, I offer a summary of what I learned in the last 49 episodes of the show. One of the themes I heard from my guests and I saw in my research over the last twelve months is that ambition would benefit from a re-branding and a broadening of societal views of what ambition looks like.
While people were over being ambitious during the pandemic, there is a thawing and a movement towards wanting to reclaim our ambitions, but on new terms. We want to go after our ambitions without them being all-consuming, and we want to be ambitious but not at all costs.
What might be possible if we:
Acknowledge that ambition isn’t bad, but rather is a part of being human and can be beneficial.
Broaden societal views of success and how we measure it.
Reframe what it looks like to navigate ambitions across work and life.
Reject the addiction to busyness, and rethink how we manage the effort we put against our ambitions.
I’m hoping Sustainable Ambition offers a way for us to reclaim our ambitions so that we can be ambitious in our work (whatever that work may be) from decade to decade without sacrificing our lives or ourselves.
What might it look like for you to reclaim your ambitions on your terms if you were to ask:
What does it mean for me to have ambitions and not have them be all-consuming?
What does it mean for me to be ambitious but not at all costs?
With that exploration, what boundaries might you put around your ambitions? For example, I loved how Eva Dienel in E16 said, “I like to say now I’m ambitious until three o’clock.” Where might you put focus around your ambitions to make them sustainable?
As we reclaim our ambitions and step into Sustainable Ambition for ourselves, I believe:
We can navigate our work from decade to decade with more joy and less angst.
We can better align our life and work.
And we can challenge ourselves without overdoing it and enjoy rest without giving up our goals.
All so we thrive in both life and work.
Here’s to claiming your ambitions on your terms.
I’d love to hear what it means for you to reclaim your ambitions on your terms.
If you’re willing to share, please send me an email here. Thank you!
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