Great point about how being ambitious can keep you going through rougher times. I'm also very ambitious, and I definitely agree it has helped in those situation

Great point about how being ambitious can keep you going through rougher times. I'm also very ambitious, and I definitely agree it has helped in those situations. I guess it is always a balance - I certainly agree that not thinking big enough can be detrimental, but what I've found recently is that the small successes I'm having are triggering off some thoughts that are months or years away if they even ever happen, and I think taking too long to think about things like that is not productive - it almost certainly won't happen the way you're thinking it will, and it is time you are spending when you could be doing valuable customer or product development. Love your point about not having your idea of success set in stone. I agree it's very good to be open-minded so you can take advantages of opportunities you might not have seen coming. That could well be another reason not to think too much about your own ambitious thoughts, since the more you think about them the more likely you are to have your mind set on that "success" and not grab other opportunities when they arise. A very interesting subject overall I think - overall a balance is required. I think it's perhaps a continual flip-flop of thinking ambitiously too much and not enough until you find a nice medium which suits your own personality and allows you to be productive whilst still staying motivated by where you could get to.