
10x Talk Ambition Is a Capability: LIVE 10x Talk with Joe Polish, Dan Sullivan, and Babs Smith - 10xTalk Episode #244
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Dec 26, 2025 This live talk reveals that ambition is a renewable capability, not a limited resource. Discover how aligning your work with your strengths can fuel endless growth. Learn the Lifetime Extender exercise to expand your perspective and reignite motivation. The discussion delves into the importance of human connection in an AI-driven world. Explore how to balance technology with personal experiences and why maintaining courage is crucial for sustaining long-term ambition. Plus, find out how to make 2026 your best year yet!
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Protect Teamwork With Prime Directives
- Define relationship and business prime directives that protect teamwork and forward momentum.
- Babs Smith and Dan Sullivan keep alignment, independence, and control of progress to avoid distractions.
Choose ELF Activities
- Spend energy on ELF activities: Easy, Lucrative, Fun.
- Joe Polish suggests filter decisions by alignment and focus on activities that energize you and solve many problems at once.
Ambition As A Growing Capability
- Ambition is not a fixed gas tank you can run out of.
- Dan Sullivan reframes ambition as a capability that grows as you gain new skills and feed a flywheel of progress.








