Ambition – Personal Attention To Be The Best
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What Does Ambition Mean
What Does Ambition Mean
As I get older and go through my life I find myself questioning my inner spirits. As you get older you always have the opportunity to look back on your life and evaluate your own efforts as it pertains to your life. Although you can look at every facet of your life from your personal to your professional I am keeping this article more on the personal side of things and relating it to raising my kids in a challenging world. What does ambition mean and how did it find its way into this conversation.
What does ambition mean when your talking about sports
In my life right now I have 3 of my 4 kids playing basketball. My middle child is a freshman son and he is surrounded by a 7th grader and a junior both of which are females. Sports played a big part in my life and opened some doors up that would not have been opened. I believe I live my life with a certain passion and although I have plenty of faults it seems I try to instill into my kids the challenge of being the best they can be. I think that is fair and I know it will teach them valuable lessons as they make their way down this road called life. What happens when the one that is leading them does not have this passion? Yes I am talking about the coach and the responsibility of those in charge of this person. What does ambition mean for these people?
Hey Coach What Does Ambition Mean For You
As with any person who holds a position in life there comes a responsibility. There are so many opinions on things that just because you feel a certain way about something does not mean that it is right or that others share your feelings! However when it comes to my kids, something that I and other parents should be passionate about, I try to allow my gut instincts to keep me in line. I have also learned to try and let these gut instincts sort themselves out through time especially when it comes to feelings regarding my kids. After 3 seasons I believe I have given my instincts, especially the one from the gut, the truest one of all, plenty of time to sort themselves out. When does the coach ask of themselves what does ambition mean and am I answering the call? We ask a lot out of kids these days and what we are asking from kids at the varsity level we should easily ask this out of those coaching them. In all honesty the true ones, the ones who have the passion, ask this of themselves. It shows when the coach relieves himself because he has been unable to get the job done. It might show up when the coach feels he is not getting through to the kids anymore. The key in this situation is the coach relieves himself or steps down. To me that coach is worth his salt and there can be no harsher critic than himself. But what happens when that fire does not burn inside and the coach refuses to acknowledge it? How does one move forward? The initial response is the facts speak for themselves. But it goes deeper than that. It goes much deeper than that!
If You Do Not Know What Does Ambition Mean Don’t Let The Door Hit You
Passionate about inner greatness. Passionate about doing your very best. These are qualities of ambition. A quiet voice that leads individuals to greater heights. When someone in charge lacks the very passion necessary it becomes quite a challenge for all of those under this persons tutelage. When you place teenage kids within this tutelage you have let these kids down. When my child is one of those you have a problem. I challenge my kids. I do so in what I feel is a positive and growing environment. One where discussion can take place from both sides and one where there will be setbacks and that is ok as long as you are giving your best effort. So when those very qualities that I have established as a baseline for my kids are not being met by a coach there is confusion as to the purpose of the effort. In other words give your best is not being reciprocated whats the point. It is important that we as people teaching values to our growing youth hold ourselves accountable. if we are unwilling or unable to then others need to step in and rectify the situation. This is our responsibility in life and I strongly believe should never be compromised.
What Does Ambition Mean From Where I Stand
Ambition to me means giving your very best and I believe it comes from within. It should come naturally and is normally found in passion. If you are in a position of authority, meaning you are responsible for others, then there should be no compromise … none! You either get it or you don’t. If you are in a position of responsibility for our youth and you do not relieve yourself when you do not hold yourself accountable to this unwritten truth then those that are responsible for you should do so immediately. If they do not have the courage to do so then they should be relieved of their responsibilities as well. When our youth is involved the margin for error and the margin for acceptance should be highly managed and quickly acted upon.
? I would like to think the definition is the same for many! For your youth it is a priceless gift. A gift that has been given for generations and handed down to our youth. Never compromise this gift. It is one that should be off limits and forever stay that way! May God Bless those in my life that have this responsibility over my children. May God Bless me when it comes to fighting for this gift for my children when the situation requires it.
I hope to cya on the beaches of the world!
Bowpounder