Amina AlTai

And there's two orientations of ambition.

It can be painful, which is driven by our core wounds.

And that's when we have this insatiable desire to chase because we're coming from a place of pain.

And then my invitation in the book is to pivot into purposeful ambition that's connected to our truth that's coming from a place of wholeness.

And so that was the impetus for the book and sort of the thesis of it.

Yeah.

So painful is driven by the core wounds.

So there's five core wounds and a core wound is an initial injury of the psyche.

It's sort of like an injury that happens in our formative years that shapes us.

And so those wounds are rejection, abandonment, humiliation, betrayal, and injustice.

And every single human has one.

It's just a very human rite of passage.

Even if you have the best parents on the planet, like you'll just emerge with one either from the playground or vicariously.

And as a result of the wounds who are corresponding masks.

So for example, if you have a rejection wound, the mask you wear is avoidance or withdrawal.

If you have a betrayal wound, the mask you wear is control where you try to control everything.

If you have an injustice wound, the mask you can wear is rigidity or perfectionism.

And when we build our ambition upon that, it's a bit of a house of cards.

And so painful ambition is driven by those core wounds and it has a couple of signatures.

So it can look at look like moving at unsustainable urgency.