SlayWriter

Is it possible to be too ambitious?  Seems the answer is yes.  Many people have had the experience of being told to tone down their desires, fine-tune their ambitions, reduce their goals or the favorite and least noticeable way of saying it "be realistic". Now, being realistic isn't necessarily a bad advice. Problem is, it has been drummed so hard into our ears that, it has become a way for spectators to bring goal getters to their level. We are going too fast here.  What exactly does ambition mean? According to Merriam Webster dictionary Ambition : a particular goal or aim, something that a person hopes to do or achieve : a desire to be successful, powerful, or famous : a desire to do things and be active. Ambition in itself is simply a goal, which every human should have.  Being ambitious is the desire. Now how did being ambitious become something wrong?  The simple answer lies in the word "desire". When it comes to wanting or desiring somet...

As far as I'm concerned, sorry is one the most abused words - used so often but not in the right way. There is a difference between saying I'm sorry and saying sorry. I'm sorry is mostly used to show remorse, used in paying condolences, in sarcasm and wherever applicable. Sorry, on the other hand, is used in many ways which I can't begin to describe. What I want us to talk about is, its necessity in our vocabulary. I've been checking myself for a sometime now. It's actually been a while since I realised that I and many other people I know love this particular word. Want to borrow a pen? Sorry, may I have...? Someone step on you? You address the person by starting with sorry - "sorry, you just stepped on me". Want to get  information on something? We say "sorry, did you or do you..." If you want to be honest, you will recall a good number of times you have said sorry when you are not supposed to. If you look further, you will reali...