Ambition is for suckers?
Ambition is for suckers?
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- locustsloth0
It is one thing to pursue happiness, knowing that in most cases you have to accrue some amount of money to obtain the level you seek.
It is another to pursue money and fame and think that happiness will follow.
There will always be more money to be gotten and more fame to be obtained. Pursuit of solely these things is a never-ending and ultimately unsatisfying venture.
Besides, according to a Princeton study, after $75000, the amount of happiness gained by getting more money tapers off
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/0…Also, being content with what one has is not mutually exclusive to pursuing success and wealth. It just means that you don't have an empty pit inside yourself that you are seeking to fill.