Ambition is a predictor of success. But according to a new study, the motives behind it can also lead to lying and cheating.

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Ambition used to be a virtue. Somewhere along the way, it became a vice. Once a cornerstone of the American ethos—synonymous with self-reliance, upward mobility, and personal agency—ambition is now ...