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VOCABULARY
happy - szczęśliwy
ambitious - ambitny
success - sukces
cocaine - kokaina
the addicted - nałogowiec
enough - wystarczająco (dużo)
successful - odnoszący sukcesy
to tend to do sth - mieć w zwyczaju/na ogół coś robić, mieć tendencję do czegoś
splendours - tu: przepych
wife - żona
babe - tu: szałowa dziewczyna, 'fajna laska'
instead - zamiast
to mean - znaczyć
to sleep - spać
same with - tu: to samo, jeśli chodzi o…
to enjoy - cieszyć się czymś
wealth - dobro, majątek
to get to the top - dostać się na szczyt/czubek
career ladder - drabina zawodowa
to act - tu: zachowywać się
to make it - tu: osiągnąć cel, dojść do czegoś w życiu, dorobić się
to realize - zdać sobie sprawę
buddy - (potocznie) kolega, kumpel
to buy - kupować
give up trying - przestać próbować
one or the other - jedno albo drugie
both - jedno i drugie
Lesson 25
Happy or ambitious


Success to the ambitious is like cocaine to the addicted: however much you have, it's never quite enough.

Successful people tend to be ambitious, and if you're ambitious - you're never happy with the splendours that you have. You always want more.

When you look at your wife, you don't think:' Hey, what a babe!'

Instead you think: 'Does it mean I'll never get to sleep with Scarlett Johansson?'

Same with success - instead of enjoying wealth, you want to make more wealth.

When you get to the top of the career ladder, you don't act like: 'Hey. Yeah. I've made it!'

Instead you suddenly realize that your buddy has just bought a house in the Bahamas.

So, stop being ambitious, or give up trying to be happy.

You can be one or the other - but never both.

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