Ben Wilson

So the NSDAP loses 2 million votes, fell from 230 to 196 seats in the 1932 election.

Because a lot of these voters are just sick of it.

They say, what have we been supporting you for all this time for?

We wanted you to have influence.

We wanted you to work for us.

You had the chance to be the vice chancellor in Germany and you turned it down.

But Hitler, going back to this kind of main character theory, he didn't want to be the side character in someone else's show.

He didn't want to be responsible for someone else's results.

He knew

that he would be tainted by his affiliation with a dysfunctional government if he joined it as vice chancellor.

So it really speaks to Hitler's ability to see what is most important and insist on that.

He knew what would unlock everything else, which is becoming chancellor.

And he wouldn't settle for anything else.

And I think that's such an important insight for business, for politics, for anything.

You have to pinpoint what is the real pressure point here?

What is the one thing that will unlock everything else for me?

And you have to hold out for that.

Even when it appears in the short term, oh man, we're losing millions of votes because I won't settle for something else.

you still have to insist on the most important thing.

You have to stay the main character and you have to insist on getting that position where you can have a real impact.