Where does ambition become obsession and who gets to decide?

The English language has all kinds of words that bump up against each other. What they mean and how we use them may depend on the person we are trying to describe more than what is actually happening.

In psychology we identify something as being a problem with it starts to negatively impact your life. But when other people try to put boundaries on what you should and shouldn't do, they may tell you there is a negative impact when you don't think there is. 

Who gets to say? 

The dictionary definitions are interesting:

Ambition: an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment 

Obsession: to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally

It's the "abnormally" bit that makes it tricky.

Ashley Owens, Sara Oblak Speicher, MBA, Royce King and I got to have a conversation about this topic.

Do you think women  are more likely to be judged obsessive? 

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Sara Oblak Speicher, MBA: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saraospeicher/  
Royce Gomez-King: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roycegomezking/
Ashley Owens: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashowens/
Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

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