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Ambition Has No Expiration Date

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“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.” – Mark Twain People under 40 tend to think that as you get older your ambitions wane. I was once 40 and I thought the same thing. Until I grew older and hit 50. Then I hit 60. And my ambitions changed, but if anything, they intensified. Then I hit 65 and the intensity had grown even more intense. Compared to my younger ambitions, while very different, my current ambitions are much more focused. My resolve is far deeper than it was when I was younger. There are many reasons for that, I suppose. Not the least of which is the realization that time is moving quickly through the hourglass of life. "If not now, when?" is a question rolling around in many older, gray (or bald) heads. “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Ambition is hard, but lack of ambition is harder. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” – Helen Keller Pain. Struggle. Sorrow. Adversity. Everybody experiences these things. Daily. If you don't think so, it's only because you don't know. And I don't either. Mostly, we're quite consumed with our problems. We notice others when their problems seem heavier than ours. The lessons of life (and wisdom) are taught to us through all these difficulties. For some, it crushed dreams and ambitions. For others, it fuels them, causing them to grow even larger. I wish I fully understand why some of us choose to surrender and others of us choose to fight even harder. I could likely help many more people if only I could solve that riddle, but I'm not smart enough to figure it out. I only know that each of us has a choice to make when trouble comes. We can hide (like cattle) or we can run directly into the battle and fight (like buffalo). “Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.” – Oscar Wilde It's a tall, tall order to keep ourselves on a short, short leash. Self-control. Restraint. Temperance. Self-discipline. These are hard, but possible things. You've got the power over yourself just like I've got the power over myself. "I can't help myself," is what fools say because it's completely inaccurate. It's an excuse. It's a statement of surrender where people basically declare, "I've decided to be a victim." I don't know how old you are, or all the stuff you may be battling. And I don't know all the opportunities you can see - much less the ones you can't. We've all got unseen opportunities. I once considered 40 old. Funny how it morphs over time. As we grow older, our definition of old keeps moving. ;) With decades of experience in fighting dragons, I've got different ambitions than I once had. Things that seemed important then - and honestly, they were important - are no longer as important, if at all. Part of that is growth and increased wisdom. Part of it is circumstance. When you've got small children you're pursuing some things. When the kids are in high school, approaching college...you're chasing something very different. When the kids leave home, get married and start having kids of their own, it changes even more. And with those changes in situations and circumstances come drastic changes in ambition. For me, they haven't lessened, but they've changed. Here are my financial ambition-fueled terms: sustainable, predictable, reliable, modest, practical, and probable. Turns out almost all my ambitions could be described using those same terms. It wasn't always that way. Not in my 20s, 30s or even 40s. And largely, not even in my 50s. But let's address something you may have experienced similar t...
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“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.” – Mark Twain People under 40 tend to think that as you get older your ambitions wane. I was once 40 and I thought the same thing. Until I grew older and hit 50. Then I hit 60. And my ambitions changed, but if anything, they intensified. Then I hit 65 and the intensity had grown even more intense. Compared to my younger ambitions, while very different, my current ambitions are much more focused. My resolve is far deeper than it was when I was younger. There are many reasons for that, I suppose. Not the least of which is the realization that time is moving quickly through the hourglass of life. "If not now, when?" is a question rolling around in many older, gray (or bald) heads. “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Ambition is hard, but lack of ambition is harder. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” – Helen Keller Pain. Struggle. Sorrow. Adversity. Everybody experiences these things. Daily. If you don't think so, it's only because you don't know. And I don't either. Mostly, we're quite consumed with our problems. We notice others when their problems seem heavier than ours. The lessons of life (and wisdom) are taught to us through all these difficulties. For some, it crushed dreams and ambitions. For others, it fuels them, causing them to grow even larger. I wish I fully understand why some of us choose to surrender and others of us choose to fight even harder. I could likely help many more people if only I could solve that riddle, but I'm not smart enough to figure it out. I only know that each of us has a choice to make when trouble comes. We can hide (like cattle) or we can run directly into the battle and fight (like buffalo). “Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.” – Oscar Wilde It's a tall, tall order to keep ourselves on a short, short leash. Self-control. Restraint. Temperance. Self-discipline. These are hard, but possible things. You've got the power over yourself just like I've got the power over myself. "I can't help myself," is what fools say because it's completely inaccurate. It's an excuse. It's a statement of surrender where people basically declare, "I've decided to be a victim." I don't know how old you are, or all the stuff you may be battling. And I don't know all the opportunities you can see - much less the ones you can't. We've all got unseen opportunities. I once considered 40 old. Funny how it morphs over time. As we grow older, our definition of old keeps moving. ;) With decades of experience in fighting dragons, I've got different ambitions than I once had. Things that seemed important then - and honestly, they were important - are no longer as important, if at all. Part of that is growth and increased wisdom. Part of it is circumstance. When you've got small children you're pursuing some things. When the kids are in high school, approaching college...you're chasing something very different. When the kids leave home, get married and start having kids of their own, it changes even more. And with those changes in situations and circumstances come drastic changes in ambition. For me, they haven't lessened, but they've changed. Here are my financial ambition-fueled terms: sustainable, predictable, reliable, modest, practical, and probable. Turns out almost all my ambitions could be described using those same terms. It wasn't always that way. Not in my 20s, 30s or even 40s. And largely, not even in my 50s. But let's address something you may have experienced similar t...
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