Well, here I am with insomnia. That’s what it takes to get me to write another post. It’s a side effect of my medication and due to a rough week two weeks ago where I took my meds are the wrong times.

A while ago, a reader submitted a question, asking what I thought was the most celebrated aspect of man. I believe that man’s capacity to suspend the logical and perseverance through circumstances of indomitable odds is the most celebrated aspect, for better or for worse.

People have done great deeds by challenging the idea that something is “impossible”, likewise, people have done ridiculous or damaging deeds because they suspended their rationality. As with every psychological tool in the human arsenal, we have a double-edged blade. And, again, like all of our tools, it is completely necessary. Those who consistently succeed in their impossible pursuits are those who have learned to harness their emotions enough to clearly see when suspension of common sense, success, or logic should be indulged.

These people have a strong desire for achievement. They want to be the best at what they do, and they want to be credited with leaving the greatest mark on this planet.

Or, these people have a strong desire for power. They want to be influential; they want others to trust them, to model them. Those with a sense of discipline to tame this ambition will succeed. They channel their lust for power into a river of energy for inspiring others, solidifying a group, and pressing the attack against a common goal. They use refined instinct with an air of calm to leverage past knowledge.

Those without inhibition indulge in their bloodlust, and their ambitions for raw power sabotage their own efforts. They stumble when they must hold the line; they bark and bite when they should inspire and lead; they shout rather than persuade. They use raw, primal, instinct.

The most potent leader has a desire for power that outweighs his desire to be liked by others; but, more importantly, this power is controlled with an equally strong inhibition.