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Need to make better decisions about Ambition? Jordan Peterson's quotes serve as decision-making shortcuts, distilling complex thinking into clear principles. This collection is organized for quick reference, with full source context for every entry. Whether you're facing immediate choices or building long-term strategy around Ambition, these insights give you the clarity ambitious professionals demand.
"Don't underestimate the power of vision and direction. These are irresistible forces."
"If you're not afraid of what you're doing, you're not doing anything interesting."
"The most important things in life are those that take the longest to achieve."
"You have to sacrifice who you are today for who you could become tomorrow."
"It is necessary to aim at the highest good that you can conceive of."
"If you want to be great, you have to sacrifice your mediocrity."
"You must determine where you are going, so that you can bargain with your self-interest."
"You must decide what you are willing to give up in order to become the person you want to be."
"Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens."
"You are not everything you could be, and you know it."
"Notice that opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated."
"The path to the top is paved with the things you were willing to give up."
"You have to sacrifice the person you are for the person you could become."
"You must determine where you are going, so that you can bargain for yourself; so that you don't end up resentful, vengeful and cruel."
"You must sacrifice what you are for what you could become."
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