Is it you who is to blame for your failures?? And is it also you who should be congratulated for your successes??
The answer to the above question largely depends on your baseline circumstances. Our ambitions in life are proportionately related to our situation at any given time.
For example, if you live in the developed world, have a regular income that covers all your basic needs such as food, drink, accommodation, transport and leisure, then your ambition will naturally involve you wanting to acquire more wealth, hopefully via legitimate means. To achieve your ambition, you may decide to work extra hours in your job, develop an online entrepreneurial business, or invent an innovative useful new technique or device ...etc.
On the other hand, if you live in the developing world, and happen to be in the middle of an impoverished war zone, with no home, no security and no regular income, then your biggest ambition will most certainly be to remain alive. Most, if not all, of your cerebral function will be focused on your daily struggle in securing food and drink. No matter how naturally gifted you are in terms of intelligence, in such drastic circumstances you won't even begin to contemplate any leisurely innovative thoughts or ideas like those mentioned in the above paragraph.
For most of us, the circumstances that we find ourselves in are not something that we have invented or chosen, but are rather imposed on us by our birthplace and our upbringing, which are the two main factors that we don't get to choose, but somehow shape our whole life and future.
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