Contentment is wanting what you have. Ambition is wanting what another has. Progress comes from wanting what nobody has.

They may be just rubbing on a horse, or hot-walking a horse, but they wonder if they could win the Kentucky Derby.
BOB LEWIS

Horse Rubbing Walking Wonder
Engineers, of course, understand the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
BOB LEWIS

Ambition Another Engineers Nobody Progress Wanting
To win the Kentucky Derby is the goal of every trainer, every hot-walker, every backside person.
BOB LEWIS

Horse Kentucky Winning
Contentment is wanting what you have. Ambition is wanting what another has. Progress comes from wanting what nobody has.
BOB LEWIS

Ambition Contentment Progress
Arrogance is a veneer — a thin covering of excuses hiding deep performance deficiencies.
BOB LEWIS

Arrogance Covering Excuse

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