Wolfgang Hammer

I do think there's probably a fear of reaching one's own potential because it might be too big.

That's the definition of story.

This is a Faulkner quote, but great conflict is the heart and conflict with itself.

That's a great story.

So you want two conflicting things at the same time.

You're very invested in your fear.

You create situations in the original state where you, this investment in your fear pays off.

And at the same time, there's a part of you is mostly subconscious, can be conscious.

That is a dream of greatness.

And those are absolutely in conflict because the fear wants to dominate and the greatness wants to come out and do its thing.

And it's through the story itself that this gets worked out.

And I always think this, when someone takes on the position of the leader and how relieved everyone else is not to have to do that.

People love to just disappear in a mass and be relieved of the burden of individuality.

But this is possible because someone has a will to power and steps up and says, I will do it.

In some way.

I think emphasis in some way.

I think we have a very narrow definition of leader is business or political leader and that's sort of the end of it.

I think actually if you invert that and you just simply say you have a pretty good understanding of yourself at that point in time based on reflection and you act according to this pretty good understanding as best as you can at that point in time, you are already a leader simply because you're guided by a philosophical worldview that feels absolutely true to you at that moment.

Character in action, through action.

This is the great discovery of the pragmatists, which I think is a huge reason for why the American experiment has been so successful, is that people do a lot of doing happening.