Lori HarderFounder of glōci | Bestselling Author

The Two Power Sources Of Ambition

15 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief talk, the speaker explains that ambition is driven by two distinct internal sources. The first, termed the "success wound," stems from past wounding, fear, and perceived limitations, which can motivate but also constrain. The second source is the "true self," an innate part of the psyche characterized by confidence, clarity, calmness, playfulness, and presence. When individuals act from their true self, they experience greater collaboration, creativity, curiosity, and fulfillment, and they become magnetic to others, attracting opportunities and relationships. The speaker emphasizes the importance of moving beyond the success wound and aligning with the true self to achieve authentic, compelling ambition.

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Our ambition actually just has two power sources. It has the power source of our success wound, so our wounding, our fear, our perceived limitation, or this other part of our psyche that's called the true self. And our true self is the part of us that is naturally and inherently confident, clear, calm, playful, present. And so when we are working from collaboration, creativity, curiosity, playfulness, we naturally feel more fulfilled. I feel this so deeply. It's like we stop diluting the thing that actually makes people see us and want to be with us and work with us. When you can move into like saying what you really are, what you really want, going for the things you really want, all of a sudden we turn into magnets.