When I was a child, I was always looking for a superhero.
Someone to follow.
Someone whose patterns I could copy.
Someone who would always have my back in my imaginary world.

The hard truth is — my dad never felt like that superhero.
He showed me the other model: who not to become.

As an adult, I started looking up to people I truly admired. Successful entrepreneurs, leaders, visionaries — I studied them closely, trying to learn how to become like them.

But what I never expected was that my superhero would turn out to be my 7-year-old daughter.

During the summer, we decided to give our kids a small way to earn pocket money — simple household tasks like helping with the laundry, emptying the dishwasher, or hoovering. They could then spend their earnings however they wanted.

The day they got their first “salary,” we went to the store.
Our oldest bought a small toy animal collection.
Our youngest picked a plane.
And my 7-year-old, Alice, looked around the shop quietly for a while…

Then she said something that stopped us:

“I want to buy something I can share with everyone.”

Through tears in our eyes, we watched as she picked a bag of candies, opened it right there, and offered them to her brother and sister first — and to us next. She ate hers last.

She’s seven.
And this wasn’t her first act of generosity.
But this time — it hit differently.

Driving home, I couldn’t speak.
The only thought in my mind was:

“How much have I already infected her pure, generous soul with my adult ways of thinking?”

And then it clicked.
She is my superhero.

I’ve spent years studying successful leaders. But what I truly want to become… is more like her.

She acts without expectation.
She gives without calculation.
She leads with presence, not performance.

What if leadership looked like that?
What if we led teams, companies, and organizations with the same natural generosity — giving without the need for recognition or return?

Imagine the energy that would enter a culture like that.
The alignment, trust, and pure joy that would come from service rather than status.

I even named this way of being after her — The Alice Principle.
Leading not from expectation, but from pure generosity.

Reflections for leaders:

• When was the last time you acted with no expectation of return?

• What if generosity — not recognition — became your natural state?

• And what would your company feel like if everyone led like that?

Love,
Laszlo