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Ambition is a Moral Virtue

Stop Apologizing for Wanting More

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JA Westenberg
Oct 16, 2026
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Ambition is deciding you want more than you have and doing the work to get it. That’s it. By itself, it has no moral alignment. It carries no inherent cruelty, no greed, …

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