Ambition is the desire for accomplishment, and it is widely believed that ambitious people are
likely to succeed precisely because they have the internal drive to achieve their goals.
In my opinion, although being ambitious is important to make a success out of life, it brings
people both benefits and disadvantages.
Having a sense of ambition helps people establish clear goals, and motives them to make
a sincere effort towards achieving their target. For example, students who aspire to become
lawyers in the future have to be highly motivated to study hard because most law schools
have high academic entry requirements. Also, ambition drives people to make optimal use
of their available resources, such as time and money, because these resources are scarce.
People must therefore make choices between different things that they can do, and definitely
choose to do those things that will achieve their personal goals first. For instance,
many geniuses, such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, quit their universities to start their own
businesses at an early age because time is precious and they chose to allocate it to
their career vision. However, it is not true that the desire for success is all positive.
Ambition may be positive or negative depending on a person's specific situation.
Setting a unrealistic goal may be a waste of time and passion, and sometimes such goals
may mislead people. For example, some people want to become billionaires in a short time.
Actually, only a few people in the world can achieve this success, and the rest may eventually
have to give up their dreams and sacrifice their efforts and capital which were invested in
this ambition. Also, in order to achieve the impossible dream, some dreamers may seek
illegal opportunities to earn a huge profit such as selling drugs. In conclusion, ambition
does make a contribution to people's success but it is the goal which suits the specific
situation that is likely to produce positive outcomes.