Is ambition TOXIC or DIVINE? What Nina Simone teaches us about GREATNESS

Soul Salon with Ayandastood · Aug 13, 2026 · 7m · transcript

There's a belief that the more healed we are, the less ambitious we become. So much ambition is fuelled by trauma, the need to prove ourselves, to earn love or to finally feel enough. While there is deep wisdom in that perspective, there may be another side to the story…

Nina Simone devoted five to seven hours a day to practising the piano, pursuing her craft with extraordinary discipline, focus and reverence. She wasn't simply chasing fame or success. She was answering a calling.

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