Dear friend,
I get this question a lot.
How can you be super ambitious…
and still be this calm?
Like, which one is it?
And I get why people ask.
Because from the outside, it feels like you have to choose.
Either you’re pushing hard, chasing things, building…
or you’re taking it easy, being present, not stressing.
For me, it never felt like a real choice.
I genuinely believe you can be both.
Not as a compromise. But as a system.
And I think that belief matters.
Because if your mind is open to it, your actions follow.
Also, what you’re seeing now – this “calm” version – didn’t just happen.
This is years of trying, adjusting, failing…
but always with a direction in mind.
Let’s break one thing first.
Working all the time doesn’t mean you’re productive.
And it definitely doesn’t mean you’re ambitious.
You can be extremely ambitious
and still not run around like crazy all day.
The shift for me came when I realized something simple.
That “chill time”… doesn’t hurt your ambition.
It actually supports it.
That’s the part most people don’t see.
They think slowing down is risky.
But what’s actually risky is never slowing down.
For me, this became very clear with something I call the +50 game.
I imagine myself 50 years from now.
Older, slower, different body.
And I ask myself:
What kind of life do I want then?
And the answer is always simple.
I want to be healthy, I want to be able to move.
I want to enjoy life and be around people I care about.
So everything I do now…has to support that version.
And once that becomes clear,
everything else starts organizing around it.
Including work, yes.
Because work changes. Markets change.
Opportunities come and go.
You can’t control most of it.
But you can shape your work around your core values.
You can build it as something that lasts, not just something that works for now.
And when you do that, the trajectory takes care of itself.
And then on a day-to-day level…you need to structure both.
Time to push.
Time to slow down.
Both need to exist.
Because they come from the same place.
And that place is presence.
Sitting with yourself.
No distractions.
Realizing you already have a lot.
Everything else becomes a bonus.That’s what gives you the freedom to be both.
Ambitious… and calm.
You don’t have to choose.
One Line to Carry With You
Stillness sustains ambition.
Truly yours, this moment.
Armando