When you think about an ambitious person, you likely imagine someone who has a high income, a great job and more satisfaction at home and at work.
In spite of these perceived benefits, ambitious people can get a bad rap for focusing too much on their own success and using whatever means necessary to be successful – even if that means stepping on people in their way.
If you want to be ambitious, or already consider yourself ambitious, here are some tips from Fast Company to have ambition the healthy way:
1. Keep your goals to yourself, as sharing them could make them less likely to happen
2. Be a risk-taker
3. Absorb other ideas, cultures and people, and apply new ways of thinking to your own work
4. Focus less on lofty goals or ideas, and begin focusing more on executing actual tasks
5. Compete with yourself not others
6. Spend time with ambitious people
To learn more about each of these tips, check out Fast Company’s “Six Habits of Ambitious People.”
