Chapter Four: Do I Really Care?Beneath the surface of leaders' daily work lie questions about their commitment to the cause and tests of character. Questions such as $"$Do they care intensely enough about their work? Is their commitment reflected in a powerful drive to get the small things right and help others do the same? Do they understand the price of really caring?" $($p$.77).$Daily struggles and arising challenges are inevitable parts of leaders' work, but can also serve as essential tests. Badaracco Jr$.$ investigates how leaders need to understand the different levels of accountability and the stressful and pleasurable experiences leaders confront when working for a cause they really care about.In the novel The Love of the Last Tycoon by Fitzgerald, a Hollywood screenwriter, Monroe Stahr, is an exemplar of a leader who works for a dream in which he thrives. Despite his deteriorating health and critics, Stahr works at a relentless pace. Even while others are insisting he slow down to take pleasure in his creations he pushes forward $($p$.82).$Fitzgerald depicts Stahr as a leader in commonsensical terms:Stahr works strenuously and cares intensely because this is how he wants to live his life.He doesn't simply endure the many hard challenges of leadership$-$he embraces them, and believes they make his life deeper andStahr understands his calling and what his life's work offers him in return. Leaders need to be able to question whether or not their line of work offers themselves fulfillment. Without this key component a leader's position is not sustainable; this is why dreams are abandoned. A broken path with numerous obstacles paves the road to success as a leader; a leader that is accountable to oneself and to others embraces the challenges.As a screenwriter in the $1930\text{'}$s Stahr is unique in that he does not view his pictures as commodities for fame and wealth, but a means to create pleasure and excitement in people's lives in times of despair. What badaracco wanted to day