Episode Details

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the cost of ambition. They discuss the levels in which aspiration is achieved, how starting a business involves: a series of unique conditions, the three basic levers of ambitions, and the uncertainty of the returns a founder has to consider. 

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:21 There are things that you may not achieve at all
• 03:25 Not having something sometimes doesn’t matter
• 05:52 It’s not just ambitions, it involves a series of conditions to reach a certain threshold
• 11:44 “There are levels to which ambition alone can achieve.”
• 15:39 The cost of ambition becomes more than just our time
• 21:42 You know the cost, but what about the returns of your ambition?
• 26:45 Once you achieve something, how much are you willing to work for the next
• 32:17 The three basic levers of ambition