This makes me think of the Tribal Leadership book and talk (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ted.com&#x2F;talks&#x2F;david_logan_on_tribal_leadership&#x2F;transcript?language=en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ted.com&#x2F;talks&#x2F;david_logan_on_tribal_leadership&#x2F;t...</a> ).<p>Their model has 5 stages. Stage 1 is &#x27;life sucks&#x27; and stage 2 is &#x27;my life sucks&#x27;. What you describe fits between those stages. Their ideas about stages beyond that are pretty interesting.