There are different motivations for role success.
But I have to wonder if sometimes it's a kind of revenge fantasy rather than a positive drive.
"I hate being told what to do, so I am going to be the one who does the telling" is a kind of revenge fantasy, maybe.
Certainly "they said I would never amount to anything, so I'll show them!" is a revenge fantasy.
"When I make it big, nobody will dare challenge me or argue with me!" is too.
I know people who want to see their ideas succeed, or who want to supply jobs, who want to make something of lasting value, who want to serve a community. There are good reasons for role success and I see this a lot also.
But it seems that I find the revenge fantasies more often (not exclusively) in corporations than in entrepreneurial organizations.
And I see pure self-aggrandizement less often than any of the other reasons. I think it's cited more often than it deserves, but I have a sampling issue; I don't interview all the managers.
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