Stage 7 Compassionate Ambition
The word ambitious has gotten a bad reputation. When someone is called “ambitious” it can be seen as a negative. As if achievements are a bad thing.
Rather, once someone is considered “too ambitious,” the underlying message often is that the person is single-mindedly focused on achievements at the cost of other things (e.g., family, being kind, self-care, etc.). Just because someone is ambitious does not mean that they must be a jerk while chasing their goals. Quite the opposite.
About 15 years ago, I remember reading an article in a popular business magazine that empathy would be the next skill set senior leaders needed to develop. Indeed, empathy and its cousin—compassion—have finally ...
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