Ambition, Properly Aimed: The Difference Between Endeavour and Ego

Introduction

As a young lad, I lived in England and attended a boys' preparatory school led by British Army veterans. I vividly recall, at the age of eleven, making a try in a rugby game against one of our major rivals and being chastised for ‘celebrating’ the achievement. The master watching over the game told me, “You shouldn’t do that. First of all…