Rather than getting caught up in lofty ambitions, being micro-ambitious plants us in the present so that we pay attention to what we want to achieve today or in this hour. It’s about being content with small steps rather than getting overwhelmed by a big, audacious goal. It focuses on the doing of something rather than the recognition or reward. When we simply focus on the next small, necessary step, the rest will often follow. As journalist David Carr said in a 2014 commencement address at the University of California, Berkeley, “Don’t worry about the plot to take over the world. Just do what
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