How ambition is important?

Ambition can be a useful feeling to help us go after certain goals and instill the motivation to get there.  Everyone’s goals look different, and people will have different perspectives of what life goals should be important.  Whatever life goals are important to you, ambition will be something helpful in getting you to those goals.  For example, if having a career is important to me, ambition will help me go through the necessary hoops to achieve that goal and hopefully get to the desired career.  Ambition will help to have a continued drive to achieve the important goals, and without it, the drive will be much more of a struggle. 

When we are going after the things that are important to us, we are more likely to be in a positive mind.  Of course, achieving important life goals can be a struggle at times, but ambition helps us push forward and stay as positive as possible.  The low moments and struggles when going after certain goals are more difficult to cope with and survive if there is a lack of ambition.  For example, if I want to go to a doctor and I am running on very little sleep, stress at home, etc., my ambition will likely be what helps me to push through all of that and continue to push forward towards becoming a doctor.  The ambition would help me stay as positive as I could to keep going rather than getting into a really negative state of mind that would be more likely to lead to quitting. 

Ambition is great for assisting us towards our goals, and it can also have a positive impact on those around us.  People can sense ambition and drive, and sometimes when they do, it can rub off onto them.  This is especially true for people that are close to and/or look up to you.  For example, if your children see ambition in you going after certain career goals, that can help set an example for them in their future careers.