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The bar we set.

Don't let your ambitions outpace your actions.

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Adam Griffin
Mar 06, 2023
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Ambition is a doubled-edged sword.

It can be simultaneously our inspiration and our frustration.

We’re inspired to funnel our ambition into a constructive outlet.

Yet we’re frustrated if our lives aren’t living up to the bar our ambitions have set.

The problem?

Our ambition isn’t what actually sets our bar.

Our actions do.

We can never outpace our own a…

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