# Why Ambitious but Incompetent People Are Dangerous in Business

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2099454715247686054
- Source account: [@Alfahim29](https://x.com/Alfahim29)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:03
- Published: 2026-09-14
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business) Be careful with ambitious people who don't have the talent.

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=3) I'm always very careful with super ambitious people who don't have the talent, don't have the discipline, and are not willing to work as hard as you are.

[0:11](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=11) Be very careful because in business, those are dangerous people.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=15) Why? Because they want the title. They want the money.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=18) They want the authority. They want to be treated like a leader, but they don't want the burden that comes with leadership. And when someone has big ambition but low standards, they become political.

[0:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=30) They start protecting their ego instead of protecting the company.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=33) They create drama. They blame the team. They resent the people who are actually producing.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=38) And if you're not careful, you'll give them power because they sound confident, but they're utter idiots. Big mistake.

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=45) Confidence without competence is dangerous.

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=48) Ambition without work ethic is dangerous.

[0:50](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/7Si7X8Xj3w2W/en/why-ambitious-but-incompetent-people-are-dangerous-in-business?t=50) And entitlement inside a scaling company is absolute cancer. Hire real operators that have done it before, not people who just want the status.