5 essays on ambition from the Consilium journal. Featuring Friedrich Nietzsche, Herbert Simon, Mary Parker Follett. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.
Three thinkers on ambition as strength or trap. Nietzsche asks whether you are creating or consuming yourself. Simon warns about searching without stopping. Follett finds the third path.
Three thinkers on desire and enough. Schopenhauer says desire is suffering in disguise. Maslow says you cannot stop yourself. Wollstonecraft says wanting more is a political act.
Three thinkers on effort and direction. Maslow asks if the work serves what you could become. Russell says effort may be overvalued. Chekhov says state the problem correctly first.
Three thinkers disagree about when to play it safe. Graham says protect the downside. Ibn Khaldun says civilizations collapse from within. Boyd says speed beats security.
Three thinkers disagree on passion versus practicality. Aristotle asks what habit builds. Drucker asks where your results come from. Emerson asks whose voice you follow.
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