# ambition
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0:33Intro: Work has shifted from ambition to survivalLouise Hill: Nice Leanne Elliott: Hello everybody. Welcome, welcome. Over the last few years, work has shifted in some pretty fundamental ways. During COVID a lot of people paused and reflected, myself included. We questEP 272 · 3 Feb 2026·intro· 0:33–2:239:19Healthy ambition vs. achievement addictionAl Elliott: Right. So Carolina has just told us about waking up on her 34th birthday, feeling completely empty despite having everything. But here's what I wanted to understand. Was this actually about achievement or wasEP 221 · 7 Aug 2025·interview· 9:19–10:3148:27Ambition, ego, and being okay with being wrongAl Elliott: Trying to get my head around this. In your company, you're like, okay, I don't mind being wrong. I don't need to be the leader. Yet in your private life, you're reading about building empires. So How are we rEP 189 · 17 Apr 2025·interview· 48:27–51:2011:41Rethinking total compensation and ambitionLeanne Elliott: I think what's interesting about Cate is that she's helping women and basically anyone to embrace the idea that you don't need to fight your way to the top to have a great job or a great career. I'm prettEP 114 · 10 Jul 2024·interview· 11:41–16:4830:45Consistency over ambition: Ben's approach to successBen Branson-Gateley: We've always had technical people in the business. None of the co-founders were technical. So, yeah, we have a head of engineering today who's been with us a long time. We have a great engineering teEP 89 · 11 Apr 2024·interview· 30:45–34:535:26Realistic goals vs. grand ambitionLeanne Elliott: If they can do it, we can do it. I love that about Chris. He likes to solve problems, but he's realistic. I, I enjoy that. I think that there are plenty of founders out there who set these huge goals. I mEP 68 · 8 Dec 2023·interview· 5:26–6:5751:54Trump, ambition and the motive behind leadershipLeanne Elliott: PJ also agrees that Donald Trump makes an interesting case study in the world of leadership. Rob Kalwarowsky: You can look at a load of leaders throughout history who have been ambitious, and I could throEP 30 · 15 Mar 2023·panel interview· 51:54–58:17
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