The Psychology of Ambitious People

0:07Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor Podcast.

0:11I'm your host, Rob Dial.

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0:17Today, I'm going to be talking about the psychology of people with massive ambition and why so many of the most driven people on earth started at rock bottom.

0:26I'm also going to talk about why some of that drive is actually secretly running from something.

0:32And then I just want to talk about the inner workings of ambition.

0:36And I'm going to teach you the five different ways that you can make sure that your ambition builds you a life that you love and enjoy.

0:43So here's what we're going to cover today.

0:45We're going to talk about the benefits of ambition, but I'm also going to be fully transparent with you.

0:49I want to talk about the downsides of ambition and how you can actually set yourself up to avoid that if you want to be an ambitious person.

0:58So let's get into it.

0:59So back in the 1970s, there was a psychologist named Marvin Eisenstadt, and he studied hundreds of the most important people in history, scientists and writers and leaders, you know, like people with the longest entries in the encyclopedia.