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title: Ambition
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# Ambition

## 매 한 줄
> **"매 ambition 은 매 high-effort goal pursuit 의 disposition — 매 status, mastery, 또는 contribution 의 desire"**. 매 Aristotle 의 *megalopsychia*, 매 McClelland achievement motive (1961), 매 modern Big-Five conscientiousness facet, 매 2026 startup / AI lab 의 매 cultural backbone.

## 매 핵심

### 매 3 종류 (McClelland)
- **Achievement (nAch)**: 매 mastery, 매 personal best.
- **Power (nPow)**: 매 influence, 매 hierarchy.
- **Affiliation (nAff)**: 매 belonging — 매 ambition 의 lower component.

### 매 Healthy vs unhealthy
- **Healthy**: 매 internal standard, 매 growth-oriented, 매 sustainable pace.
- **Unhealthy**: 매 zero-sum, 매 status-only, 매 burnout trajectory.

### 매 응용
1. **Career planning**: 매 long-term ambition + short-term milestone.
2. **Team formation**: 매 ambition mismatch 매 conflict source.
3. **Founder evaluation**: 매 VC 매 ambition × execution = 매 outlier prediction.

## 💻 패턴

### Pattern 1: SMART goal 변환
```python
@dataclass
class Goal:
    specific: str
    measurable: str   # KPI
    achievable: bool
    relevant: str     # tied to long-term ambition
    time_bound: str   # deadline

def from_ambition(amb: str) -> list[Goal]:
    # 매 long-term ambition → 매 quarterly SMART goal 분해
    return decompose(amb, horizon="90d")
```

### Pattern 2: OKR mapping
```yaml
objective: "Become 매 top-tier ML researcher by 2028"
key_results:
  - publish 2 first-author papers at NeurIPS/ICML by 2026 Q4
  - build a reproducible research framework with 100+ stars
  - maintain weekly peer-reading group (12+ sessions)
```

### Pattern 3: Burnout early-warning
```python
signals = {
    "sleep_hours": lambda x: x < 6,
    "weekly_exercise_min": lambda x: x < 60,
    "non-work social hours": lambda x: x < 3,
    "sustained weeks at >55h work": lambda x: x > 8,
}
risk = sum(fn(stats[k]) for k, fn in signals.items())
if risk >= 3:
    print("ambition crossing into burnout")
```

### Pattern 4: 매 Ambition × ability matrix
```python
def quadrant(ambition: float, ability: float) -> str:
    if ambition > 0.7 and ability > 0.7: return "outlier"
    if ambition > 0.7 and ability <= 0.7: return "growth"
    if ambition <= 0.7 and ability > 0.7: return "underutilized"
    return "stable"
```

### Pattern 5: 매 Long-horizon planning template
```markdown
## 10-year ambition
[북극성]

## 3-year milestones
- [milestone 1]
- [milestone 2]

## 1-year goals
- [...]

## 90-day OKR
- [...]

## 매 weekly action
- [...]
```

## 매 결정 기준
| 상황 | Ambition adjustment |
|---|---|
| 매 chronic exhaustion | 매 scope down — 매 sustainability |
| 매 boredom / plateau | 매 stretch goal — 매 zone of proximal dev |
| 매 imposter syndrome | 매 evidence log — 매 calibration |
| 매 family/health conflict | 매 ambition rebalance — long arc |

**기본값**: 매 ambition × execution × time. 매 raw ambition 만 의 X — 매 daily compounding habit 우선.

## 🔗 Graph
- 부모: [[Habit-Formation]] · [[Purpose]]
- 변형: [[Working-Backwards]] · [[Minimal-Viable-Product]]
- 응용: [[Soft-Skills-Development]] · [[Boundaries]]
- Adjacent: [[Burnout]] · [[Anxiety]] · [[Iteration]]

## 🤖 LLM 활용
**언제**: 매 LLM coach — 매 ambition decomposition (10y → 90d), 매 OKR drafting, 매 burnout signal 모니터링.
**언제 X**: 매 deep value clarification — 매 human therapist / mentor 우선.

## ❌ 안티패턴
- **Ambition without execution**: 매 vision deck 만 매 매년 update.
- **Status-only ambition**: 매 external validation 의 dependence — 매 fragile.
- **Comparison spiral**: 매 social media 비교 — 매 distorted.
- **All-or-nothing horizon**: 매 10y goal 만 보고 매 90d action 의 X.

## 🧪 검증 / 중복
- Verified (McClelland *The Achieving Society* 1961, Duckworth *Grit* 2016, Big Five conscientiousness research).
- 신뢰도 A-.

## 🕓 Changelog
| 날짜 | 변경 |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — McClelland 3 motives + 매 OKR/burnout 패턴 |