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Ep. 177: Is Ambition Worth It?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Is Ambition Worth It?
"Ambition is novelist ic. It's novelistic in its scope and impact," he says. "We're miserable when it's removed from our life, but as we pursue it, it takes out of our life other things that we need to not be miserable." The author suggests an evolutionary explanation behind this messiness. 'Nothing makes us feel more uncomfortable and squirrly than hearing a story of someone who is betrays their tribe'
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