{"id":153277,"date":"2019-07-09T14:07:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T21:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=153277"},"modified":"2019-07-09T20:59:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T03:59:12","slug":"how-to-become-more-ambitious-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/09\/how-to-become-more-ambitious-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become More Ambitious"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ambition as the greatest virtue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Why is ambition usually seen as a vice?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As an American, I was raised with the values of ambition being one of the greatest goods. However when poring through the history of philosophy and also considering traditional Christian morality, ambition is seen as a vice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the problem here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the anti-ambition concept is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re ambitious, others feel belittled by you. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Thus others will (consciously or subconsciously) disparage you\u00e2\u20ac\u201d telling you that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re crazy or stupid. Or they genuinely might care for you, and they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think your goals are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153realistic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d either because they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe in themselves as capable of great tasks, or they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe in you as capable of tasks of such grandeur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best course of action is to simply ignore others, and become self-centered, self-focused, and extremely selfish into yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life is too short not to be insanely ambitious <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You only got one (conscious) life to live. Thus it seems the optimal life a strategy is to pursue insanely ambitious life goals and to strive toward those goals with all your might. To not be afraid of pain, injury, or perhaps even potential death (the hero mentality). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And sometimes if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re fortunate enough, you achieve those life goals. Then what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the next step? Even more bold, audacious, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153insane\u00e2\u20ac\u009d life goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practical ideas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Ignore modern day science that has anything to do with human limits, potential, etc<\/strong>. Simply see yourself as a Demi-god, with unlimited potential. The requirements are hard work, effort, ingenuity (and of course, a little luck). <\/li>
  2. Start powerlifting<\/strong>. No insanely ambitious goals in life are possible without physical grandeur and physical strength. Sculpt your own body into the vision you desire (your ideal muscle mass, and ideal fat percentage). My personal goal is to look like a Greek statue. <\/li>
  3. Stop posting to social media, and create your own publishing and artistic platform via your own WordPress.org website-blog. Own the means of production, distribution, and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t become a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153digital share cropper\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/li>
  4. Extreme life goals require extreme measures. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think it is about putting forth more \u00e2\u20ac\u0153effort\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Instead, ruthlessly cut any responsibilities and duties you deem as unfit for your time and energy.<\/strong> <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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