When it comes to leadership, few traits are more misunderstood than ambition. Ambition is key to achieving your goals, and ensuring that you maintain the motivation necessary to work toward them.

One of the most inspiring lines in cinema history had to be "My ambition far exceeds my talents," said by Johnny Depp's character George Chung. Ambition is the most important tool to achieving ...

What’s the big idea? The Ambition Trap gives you greater permission to reclaim ambition on your own terms. Most of us think ambition means doing everything in our power to get what we want, but ...

On the anniversary of The Federalist No. 51, Don Applestein Esq. explains how James Madison thought ambition—in moderation—was essential for democracy. One of the most innovative aspects of the ...

This is the fourth story in a seven-part series looking at women’s ambitions in the years following college. Ambition is easy to define—Merriam-Webster describes it as “an ardent desire for rank, ...

Leadership starts with a special kind of quest: a real ambition. Numbers, facts, or figures do not motivate people. Rather, people are enchanted when they have the chance to create something ...

Ambition isn’t always loud, nor does it need to be a five-year plan or a big announcement. Sometimes, it’s just that quiet fire in your chest telling you that you are meant for more—more growth, ...

“Fuck ambition.” That’s Elisa Albert, the novelist and short story writer and editor; the line might have been muttered, though, by many of the women who are making their way through the present ...