Ranjay Gulati

You know, you don't have to be perfect and you don't even have to get it always right.

But a moral overtone just makes it much more kind of compelling because you are now on a quest.

You could be on a quest for physical endurance, you know, running, doing a cross country marathon of some sorts or some kind of, that is also a hero's journey where the challenge is a physical one,

But others are, like a Navalny story, is one of a moral pursuit as well.

In many instances, it's something about your own commitment to a set of values or principles that go beyond self-interest and a willingness to incur cost and no matter what that might be for that set of principles.

People have also called this felt responsibility.

You somehow believe that this is such an important piece for you

And that violation of those values and principles feels more threatening than personal risk.

And so instead of asking the question, then in the situation, instead of asking like, oh my God, what's the smartest or safest thing I can do here?

You ask the question, what kind of person am I willing to be?

Is it in alignment?

You know, you saw that story about Australia where this storekeeper sees two people shooting into a crowd during a Hanukkah celebration.

He said, I didn't have a choice.

I had to do something.

That's the person I am.

And he got shot.

You know, he may never fully recover.

But for him, his personal belief about himself

was more important to him than physical safety even.

There is what you might call, even in psychology, we talk about system one, the fast emotional response, and system two, that is a more slow and reflective response.