The desire to make a name - Part 1
"One day I'm going to do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember". Those are the words Andreas Lubitz, who set the plane he was flying last week on a downward trajectory on a collision course in the French Alps, reportedly spoke to a former girlfriend last year. The statement is chilling when interpreted as the statement of a narcissistic individual who would commit mass murder in protest against his working conditions and to ensure his name would enter the history books. Yet the same words could also be said by a person who intends to make a positive difference in the world and be remembered for it - something that most people would regard as a noble ambition. Ambition is complex. Without it we might make no progress and attain no goals, but with it we seem to tread on dangerous ground. Failure to achieve our perceived potential, along with feelings that others (perhaps even those less ab...