10 Ambitious Questions

Don't be afraid of your ambition. It's a holy fire.

~Danielle LaPorte

1. Where is my inspiration coming from? Is it rooted in desire, intuition, fear, comparison, or something else?

2. Do I feel in alignment with my highest desires? Or am I chasing someone else's version of success?

3. Am I creating in my life — or just consuming and reacting? True ambition flows through creation, not just productivity.

4. Am I making space for myself to create? If not, what needs to be released or restructured?

5. What does my body say when I think about my current goals? Tightness? Excitement? Exhaustion? Your nervous system is a compass.

6. Is my inner child — and my highest self — happy with the life I’ve created? What would they ask me to change or celebrate?

7. Where am I confusing busyness with purpose? And what would I choose if presence became my metric of success?

8. Am I pursuing this because it’s meaningful — or because it’s expected? What goals are truly mine and which ones did I inherit without question?

9. Am I nurturing the inner world that my outer goals depend on? Discipline is beautiful. But so is rest. So is healing.

10. If ambition was less about force and more about flow — what would shift? What could happen if I moved from alignment instead of pressure?

Jennifer Gardner is a wife and mother of two girls. She loves being creative with the ladies of Women2Women Michigan Magazine.