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To large percentages of people, the word ambition is right up there with being rich; it is a word that has many negative connotations, none of which are deserved and few of which make much sense.

What Is Ambition?

What is ambition? By definition ambition is

1. an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment: Too much ambition caused him to be disliked by his colleagues.
2. the object, state, or result desired or sought after: The crown was his ambition.
3. desire for work or activity; energy: I awoke feeling tired and utterly lacking in ambition.
–verb (used with object)
4. to seek after earnestly; aspire to.

By these definitions ambition is a desire to achieve something, such as wealth. But why is that something that is negative? Why should it be viewed as negative for you to want to achieve something better for yourself and for those who depend upon you? When did ambition become something that is disdained rather than treasured? Probably about the time people started thinking that money is “evil”.

I find it amusing that even the example that is provided in the definition shows how prevalent the negative attitudes towards being ambitious are. A man strives for better things in his life and his career and his colleagues dislike him? Sounds like the next definition should be a link for jealousy .

Negativity Prevails

Once again what we have is an example whereby the word and its meaning are not negative, but the attitude that has grown up surrounding it over time has almost made it so, however illogical that is. Ambition is not at all bad; it’s the process of exercising it that has the potential to be. But then, that is your choice, and there are likely as many unscrupulous poor men and women as there are wealthy and ambitious ones!

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 – 2009

Cash may be the bottom line, but each and every one of us has other currencies that we can deal in that make our lives better, but that also can come in very useful in creating wealth.

What You Have To Offer

Money is really just one part of wealth creation, and it’s not even the largest part. The largest contributing factor you have in creating wealth is your mindset and attitude. That is a currency that cannot be replaced or bartered. That is one of your absolute most important currencies both for yourself and for others who rely upon you. If you hold the one simple currency of positive mindset and pro-you attitude, you will go far and achieve all of your personal prosperity goals.

There are other currencies, too, that you will find are invaluable. Among them are integrity, ethics, dedication, motivation, talents, and ambition—and I’m sure there are many you can add to the list. You might notice that these are not negative attributes that I highlight, but very positive ones. Remember that wealth is not a bad thing—making money and being rich only gets a bad reputation because of the negative emotions and attitudes that we come to associate with it over time (something you need to work to overcome to be wealthy and prosperous). It’s not a deserving reputation at all.

How Currencies Come Into Play

You may be wondering how these other currencies will come into play, and the truth is that there is not one answer or one way for me to answer that question. I’m sure with just a little thought you’ll come up with several examples all your own. Mindset and attitude as currency are rather obvious and have been discussed at length here before; the others are currencies that you will come to rely upon as time moves on. You’ll find that those come in the form of unexpected opportunities, partnerships, assistance, support, and stronger foundations of learning, wealth, and dealings, in addition to many unpredictable but wonderful ways.

We all have a wealthy person inside of us, we just need to decide to let him or her shine through. Developing and capitalizing on your personal currencies and talents is just one way to do that. It also happens to be one of the ways that you can feel the most confident and inspired in your path and choices—a totally winning situation all around.

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
Aussie Internet Marketer © 2004 – 2009