Do we pathologize our ambition too often? Can ambition also be born of simply having a sense that we have the seeds of greatness within us that have yet to develop and express in some way?
I have had many successful clients wonder why they felt the need to be so successful - why they felt like they had to be.
I often wondered if the work-a-holism of my younger years was based on a story of neglect or attention poverty. My sister says it’s just who we are - maybe a genetic quality. She sees obsessive work-a-holism everywhere in our family. But recently I wonder if my ambition has had nothing to do with my dad, my childhood, or my genetics, but more of a sense that I had something I needed to get done, to actualize in the world. I have had the pleasure of doing many great things but maybe there is still more in there- still in the husk. Perhaps, I sense that there are seeds of greatness within me that have not germinated, sprouted, and grown yet.
How might you image a greatness in you that is still in the husk?