teddit

woman just stopped me on the street outside of a “fight the patriarchy” sign asking me if i wanted to marry someone who makes less money than me like if that was my goal

i gave her my honest answer

“no”

she screamed WHAT

lol oops i like ambition sue me

/ted | exploring the onchain frontier | surfing @ venice, ca | eating @ gjusta / gjelina

You can be highly ambitious and not make money Ted. I got family foin social work changing the world on a dime.. but this is a rhetorical statement.

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not quite... obviously ambition isn't the *only* factor correlated with income (always more complex), but there's a sufficient body of research demonstrating there *is* a correlation:

dunn (2006) found men with high "work drive: earn ~30% on average

judge (2012) found ambitious men more likely to achieve higher salaries over their careers and work longer hours (also correlated with higher salaries)

mckinsey (2018) found ambitious men ~2x likely to reach exec positions

ng (2019) found ambition + relationship-building strongest predictor of income

plus business school research shows males who self-report high ambition earn 15 - 30% more a decade out