Understanding human motivation ought to be a good thing. It should help us to find out what we really want so that we can avoid chasing rainbows that… - David McClelland

Dynamic restlessness and concern with time would appear to go with high w Achievement and static "classicism" with low n Achievement, but on closer examination many flaws in the analogy are evident.

Practically all theorists agree that entrepreneurship involves, by definition, taking risks of some kind.

Whatever the source of the leader's ideas, he cannot inspire his people unless he expresses vivid goals which in some sense they want. Of course, the more closely he meets their needs, the less "persuasive" he has to be, but in no case does it make sense to speak as if his role is force submission. Rather it is to strengthen and uplift, to make people feel that they are the origins, not the pawns, of the socio-political system.