Sublime

To be a master player you must also be a master psychologist. You must recognize motivations and see through the cloud of dust with which people surround their actions. An understanding of people’s hidden motives is the single greatest piece of knowledge you can have in acquiring power. It opens up endless possibilities of deception, seduction, and

Along with his partner and co-author Chantal Mouffe, he provided one of the earliest foundations for what would become identity politics. In their 1985 work Hegemony and Socialist Strategy

Jean Piaget.

(For more information on these archetypes as they play out in the psyches of individuals, see Carol Pearson’s Awakening the Heroes Within. For more information on their roles in forming organizational cultures, see her book Invisible Forces.)2

In the twentieth century, a parallel but distinct tradition followed with the influential work of Jean Gebser on human consciousness, leading to Clare Graves’ work as a basis for Spiral Dynamics, as well as to Ken Wilber’s integral theory. Frederic Laloux’s book Reinventing Organizations spread these ideas to a wider audience, examining

the Mother, the Hetaira, the Amazon, and the Medial Woman.24 Wolff argued that although every woman has the potential to embody all of these four archetypes at various stages of her life, one or more of them tends to be of primary importance to each of us.

great avatars and master teachers from the past, whose writings lit a burning fire of desire within me. I have walked in the shadows of their greatness, and I honor every one of them. Special thanks to Robert Collier and Robert Collier Publications, Wallace Wattles, Charles Haanel, Joseph Campbell and the Joseph Campbell Foundation,

“Of course. So is Julie. Most of the Proctor women went to Miss Lyon’s seminary—or Mount Holyoke if you prefer,” Aunt Gwyneth replied. “They say Mary Lyon got her idea for a women’s college when she was here, serving as the assistant principal of the Ipswich Female Seminary.”

Your aspirations show up in your admiration. Mother Teresa’s mystical devotion, Obama’s steady character, Angelina’s boldness, your grandparents’ integrity—all qualities that are latent or burgeoning within you. You are what you’re attracted to, so it’s mighty useful to ask yourself why you dig who you dig.