Childhood ambition often stems from a fundamental desire for control
Katia Beauchamp · Birchbox: Katia Beauchamp · Mar 16, 2020 · at 6:06
Birchbox co-founder Katia Beauchamp reflects on her childhood drive for high achievement and what motivated her early ambition.
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“When you're very young, I think if you're attracted to success, or you think that that matters to you, I assume it just means you want control, you know. You want to be the one setting the rules, not the one just kind of living someone else's reality.”
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