My take on that I suppose is that if you're not born to lead, then find a great leader and offer them your support. Not everyone can be a general, but every general needs a right hand man/woman and soldiers to march with.

One of the things I love about Spain is that we've only been a democracy for 35 years, and the whole “system” here is ridden with ridiculous rules and processes. People don't ignore the rules, but they find amazing ways to circumvent them. Usually just staying on the right side of the law. It's almost a national obsession.

There's only one proviso I'd add to your post. Not everyone wants to be a leader. And for some people to be leaders, there have to be followers as well.

Some people may argue that this approach is arrogant/self centred/sociopathic but in many years of experience it is the people who live by the rules because they do not have the wit, common sense or intelligence to question them are more often likely to abuse the “system” for their own benefit.