Are You Wasting Your Talent? (Why Moral Ambition Matters)
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I do think as you go through this, for most people, it is quite confronting. I think it will encourage you to ask some provoking questions. It is a really good read. Actually, it's a really inspiring read, but at the same time, sometimes those people who have changed the world can make you also feel like, I'm so far away from that. Yes.
So his definition of moral ambition, this is what I'm like, prepare yourself. It's the longing to make a difference and to leave a legacy. You don't do good things because you're a good person. You become a good person by doing good things. Okay, we've got heavy.
Yeah. But I would say that the majority of people, they're probably not necessarily consciously thinking about some of these worlds' biggest problems every day and probably not going to work every day going, I'm so ambitious, the bullshit job thing. I have a little bit of friction with that term, but I think I understand what he's trying to do, which he's saying. Hi, it's Helen from the Squidgly Careers podcast.
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