Recently I had a sizable improvement in my life in an area that I’d been working to improve for some time. My work paid off and I got the thing I was after. And almost immediately, I found myself thinking about the “next thing” instead of taking even a few moments to be satisfied.
I’m glad I caught myself, but it made me wonder how many other times I might not have. Look, there’s nothing wrong with some ambition. A drive to change and a desire to better both yourself and your circumstances is healthy. But you can get tied up in that desire to have, have, have. Make sure, if you want something, it’s because you’re choosing to aim your ambition in a healthy direction – not because you’ve been lassoed and are being dragged towards it by a desire you don’t control.
The Opportunity Machine 