The key thing is that his ambition is not to achieve something, it's to "be the top 1%". His ambition is all about being better than others. Healthy ambition

The key thing is that his ambition is not to achieve something, it's to "be the top 1%". His ambition is all about being better than others. Healthy ambition is an ambition to create something beautiful, to help people, to deliver the total solution, to live up to your own standards and values. Unhealthy ambition is to dominate other, to be superior, to make the most money, to look the best, to constantly compare yourself to others. People who constantly compare themselves to others usually do have inferiority complexes.