Conventions

Listening to the speeches of the two rival candidates (yes, you know which ones) I was struck by several things. The first thing I listened for was motivation. Why were these people running for office? Knowing that would be important, I felt.

Hillary went out of her way to say that she was inspired by her mother to become someone who serves the needs of others, because it is the right thing to do. She also stressed that we all have to work together.

This is the language of the Monarch archetype – the person who seeks to enlist everyone in doing the best for the realm. This is one of the highest archetypes we can aspire to. This campaign is not about her; it’s about what we can all achieve if we elect her and get working.

Trump, by comparison, talks about making us “great” and that this is something he alone can achieve for us. He wants us to be passive and let him “lead”. He is, no doubt, motivated by a desire to be great, as great as his now deceased father. Yet this is the shallowest of motivations. It is the language and the thinking of the least developed of all the archetypes, the Orphan.

Motivation is pretty vital. Think about this.