My decision to leave Germany was also based on my fear that I was getting too much of a swollen head. Power is a strange commodity, and I wasn’t sure I handled it terribly well. I was growing accustomed to people doing my bidding and being in awe of me. Remembering my roots and what my family meant to me, I felt it was becoming unhealthy to remain in the intelligence environment. I wanted to go back to real life and real people.
