I would not call it Greed. The thing you should have plenty of is Ambition.
Ambition is wanting to have something better than you already do. A bigger pay, a better social status, power to influence things in your life. It could be driven on money, power, fitness or anything else.
To me the word Greed is used when you take more than your portion to the detriment of others. The example is that of a couple of kids sharing sweets. When one takes more than the other by force or subterfuge then it was a greedy decision to have more than the other.
And there lies the fine line.
Unsuccessful people like to point the finger at successful people and call them greedy!
Instead of working on themselves they need to find fault in others, even if those others are better than them. Meanwhile they may have no idea whatsoever how hard those people worked to get into the positions that they are now!
You are absolutely right about this! Isn't ambition just a lesser form of greed??
What if that ambition doesn't fade away? What if we always want more and more? are in the wrong over here? Isn't that being greedy?
Ok, i searched around and found this nice article about ambition vs greed
https://online.arbor.edu/blog/greed-vs-ambition-how-to-know-the-difference/
It seems that the distinction between being greedy and being ambitious is just that a ambitious person tries to succed not only for himself but to the good of others, while a greedy person is someone that harms someone else to further his own goals...
I know a lot of successful people who uplift others as they grow. I think that is the correct attitude.
How can you stand tall without supporters? How much taller can you stand if you have supporters that are more powerful? I know it is starting to sound like a pyramid... but people put negative emphasis on the idea of a pyramid and yet it is only natural. There are pyramids everywhere in nature, especially when we collect data. Natural balance would dictate that there be a supporting structure in an ecosystem to support a need and if there is no support then extinction looms round the corner.