ambition?

i was driving back from my friend's house and i thought i'd maybe write about some random stuff here. i get that this site might be a bit professional, but hey, no professional recruiter has time to read this therefore i have full confidence that no one will read this. however, if for whatever reason you stumble upon this, hi. keep in mind this isn't for anyone else, it's just me putting my thoughts on website that maybe no one will come across - and that's a good thing ! anyhow, coming back to ambition, i remember when i graduated high school i had dreams of 'changing the world' although there was little action attributed to that besides any of the course work that i was doing as my naive self thought hey, this is enough and if i keep doing JUST this, maybe one day *insert big uni name* would want me however, after coming into university, i realised i am small and world is perhaps too big. i thought to myself, maybe i'm not meant to change the world - after all how could 1 person do it on their own? semester by semester however, i realised how stupid this rhetoric was. initially, i thought these big places -> whether it was stanford, mit, nvidia, intel or whatever big institution you could think of was too out of my reach. after all, i was simply someone with no connections in a third world country NOT in one of the top institutions in the world. however, i look back and that line of thinking is almost laughable to me. i look around me and there's so many brilliant people, doing so many brilliant things and it's honestly so inspiring. i think being in an environment where everyone is locked in gives you that self belief. i think this is the main reason why so many of these top institutions excel, because they harbour an environment where ofc everyone is smart, but also everyone is super ambitious. this culture of ambition, instills this belief that perhaps the ceiling doesn't exist. you can go as high as you want. there's so much to do, so much to learn, so little time. i'm glad i've realised this, this early in my life that perhaps no feat is unattainable. all one needs to do is lock in and these limiting beliefs just hold you back. i haven't done anything substantial in my life yet, but i know that if i keep at it with the pace that i'm trying, one day something is bound to happen. perhaps that day is closer than i think. or at least i hope. until then, it's time to get back to work.