The Ambition Trap
How to Stop Chasing and Start Living
$51.02
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2025
Summary
“This is the book I wish I had when I was starting out and even when I was knee-deep thinking success was the be-all and end-all.” - Maria Shriver
The anti-hustle guide to getting what you want - without burning out
If you ever feel like your ambition comes at the cost of feeling exhausted - that no matter how hard you work, or what you achieve, it’s never quite enough - welcome to the ambition trap.
Most of us think being amb…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398717596 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1398717592 |
| Author: | Amina AlTai |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion Spring |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 152mm x 232mm |
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Critics Review
The Ambition Trap is a game- changing work that aids readers in rewriting ambition
on their own terms. This book is a fresh take on what it means to have enough and
how we build careers, lives, and legacies in more connected and fulfilling ways.
The Ambition Trap is a paradigm- shifter for anyone who’s ever felt caught between
desire and self- doubt. With compassion and clarity, this book reframes ambition …
as an inherent right everyone is entitled to claim… . It reveals how ambition, when
grounded in authenticity, can ignite powerful cultural transformations. The Ambition
Trap goes beyond granting permission to dream big- it boldly encourages us to
embrace our gifts with confidence and unapologetic determination.
In Amina AlTai’s glorious new book, she allows us to reframe our relationship to
ambition, particularly the vilification of it, to embrace a more positive version… . For
everyone looking to understand themselves and underlying societal systems that hold
perceptions of ambition in place, AlTai offers insight and actionable ideas for a new
definition of your ambition and yourself.
Amina AlTai challenges the notion that ambition has to mean sacrificing our wellbeing.
This book is for anyone tired of the hustle and ready to create meaningful
work and a life they truly love.
In The Ambition Trap, Amina AlTai redefines what it means to succeed in a world
dominated by hustle culture… . For anyone ready to step off the treadmill and live a
life of true achievement and joy, The Ambition Trap is the inspiring roadmap you’ve
been waiting for.
Amina AlTai
Amina AlTai is an executive coach, leadership trainer and chronic illness advocate, whose roster of clients include Fortune 500 leaders, entrepreneurs, and celebrities. After spending a decade grappling with a fast-paced career in marketing and two autoimmune diseases, Amina hit burnout. In hopes of healing her own life, she sought training in coaching, mindfulness, nutrition, and fitness, and her goal became to teach others how to balance a thriving career, body, and mind. She has partnered with companies such as Google, Snap, Outdoor Voices, Chief, and Roku, and been featured in goop, Forbes, Well+Good, NBC, CBS, The New York Times, and more. She’s an Entrepreneur Magazine expert-in-residence, a Forbes contributor, and was named one of Success Magazine’s Women of Influence.
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