Ambition is the desire to become or achieve anything.
‘Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings’ said Salvador Dali. I
agree with this. Without ambition and a defined goal, a person may never
achieve anything as they will have no direction. Hard work and talent are not
enough to succeed. Ambition is a key driver.
One of my heroes is the famous magician Dynamo. He
comes from a very poor background. He grew up on one of the most violent and
run down estates in the North of England. He developed his skills, inspired by
his grandfather, as a means to fend off the bullies who teased him about his
disease, quickly gaining a reputation as a unique talent within his local
community with his incredible sleight of hand. His father was in jail for the
majority of his childhood and so he used magic to cheer himself up and to stick
up to the bullies. One of his tricks is to make himself look as though he is
impossible to lift from the ground. From that point, his ambition was to become
a fantastic and famous magician. Against all odds, he achieved this goal, with
sheer determination and ambition. He developed his plan about becoming a
hip-hop magician whilst sick in hospital!
My ambition is my determination to be successful and
live a joyful life. Without my ambition, I would just be running after
nothingness. My main ambition at this moment in time is to be accepted onto the
Lavi programme, to receive high grades at GCSE and ‘A’ Levels and attend a good
university.
