Ambition

What is ambition and what purpose does it serve in our everyday lives?
These are the questions that should be asked first and foremost when we wish to achieve something.
The answer to the former and latter lies in the motivation and/or determination we use to complete even the simplest of tasks;
Ambition is the desire for personal achievement It provides the motivation and determination necessary to achieve goals in life. Ambitious people seek to be the best at what they choose to do for attainment, power, or superiority. Ambition can also be defined as the object of this seekness. Ambition is a quality valued in leaders. They inspire others with their zeal, confidence, and energy.
Ambition is polysemous.
Acquired power can be utilized in the name of vague or obvious ideal/s. When ambition is used to seek a clear ideal, it develops a close relationship to extremesim. Throughout human mankind, many examples can be found of people who were extremely ambitious, for better and for worse. The notorious Greek Herostratus had the ambition to become famous by destroying the temple of Artemis.
The Irish poet Oscar Wilde said that "Ambition is the last refuge of failure."