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Jul 01, 2025

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Ambition can hold you back

Ambition can hold you back

Ambition can become a trap. It can make us chase goals that were never ours to begin with. It can keep us stuck in cycles of dissatisfaction, where no achievement is ever enough. It can convince us that slowing down, reassessing, or even changing paths is the same as failure. But is it? 

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