Self-improvement is hard work! 

• Hard work takes motivation
• Ambition is a form of motivation
• Reality Check #1 - Most ambitions go unfulfilled 
• Ambition is dependent on capabilities 
• Reality Check #2 - Capability gaps are common 
• Future ambition often exceeds current capabilities 
• When capabilities exceed ambition a comfort zone forms 
• Reality Check #3 - It's easy (comfortable) to milk existing capabilities 
• See Reality Check #1!
• When your capabilities and ambition are aligned, it's easy to get complacent 
• Complacency is dangerous
• Reality Check #4 - capabilities often grow stale and outdated 

The "comfort zone" - your capabilities exceed your ambition

The "danger zone" - your capabilities equal your ambition 

The "work zone" - your ambition exceeds your capabilities