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Ep. 234: Ambition without Burnout
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
The Tension Between Ambition and Burnout
The hosts discuss the pros and cons of grand ambition, highlighting the satisfaction of setting ambitious goals but also the stress and disappointment that can come with it. They explore the opposite extreme of having no ambition and the commonality between different theories of no ambition. The chapter ends by introducing pragmatic ambition as a middle ground and sharing personal examples of setting achievable goals.
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