Be real!

Gibraltar, Barbados, the United States, South Africa, Switzerland. Wolfgang Georg Sonnenburg feels at home anywhere in the world; he draws inspiration from people of very different cultures. And as an author, speaker, and coach—as well as an entrepreneur and investor—he is making his own mark on these cultures. 

As a traveler between worlds, he feels a connection to Hermes, the messenger of the gods: Hermes bridges the material and the spiritual; he is just as at home in the clouds and in the world of the gods as he is with both feet firmly planted on the ground. 

Anyone who, like him, can travel between worlds comes to realize that there is more than just the 3-D world we perceive with our five senses. It is a world that possesses a richness beyond what a person who has never had their head in the clouds—who has never journeyed into their true inner self—can ever comprehend.

“What kind of social system do we need so that people in a country—and around the world—can achieve abundance? So that they can be truly free and live in prosperity?” Wolfgang Georg Sonnenburg poses these questions to the politicians and leaders in business and society whom he encounters. And he confronts them with his assessment that the existing systems—bureaucracy, party politics, and government—have simply outlived their usefulness. 

What should a state be like? How will the leaders of the future act? What would a world look like in which those in power are concerned not with profit, but with true prosperity and the quality of peace? In which those in power are not dominated by a mindset that sees only winners and losers? In which someone who wants to achieve happiness, prosperity, and freedom does not have to defeat anyone to get there? A world that follows the vision: There can only be winners!

A society that fosters dependence—that is a system that Wolfgang Georg Sonnenburg opposes through his work as an author, speaker, and coach promoting greater personal responsibility. 

He feels that the minimum wage debate in Germany is demeaning to the people it’s aimed at. Because this debate sends a message to each individual: “You can’t make it on your own!” It’s a devastating message that weakens people. This disparaging, belittling way of thinking—it has to stop!

The ruling class must also put an end to its plundering of the sovereign—the people: such as the practice in Germany of counting criminal proceeds toward the gross domestic product since 2015 in order to justify a higher level of national debt on that basis, in accordance with EU law. Or the habit of municipalities and cities of already factoring in fines from speed camera campaigns into their budgets. This shows that such campaigns are not about road safety, but purely about making money. In other words, a plunder …

Wolfgang Georg Sonnenburg advocates for a community in which politicians see themselves as an extension of the sovereign and strive, to the best of their knowledge and belief, to fulfill the mandate they have received from their voters. To strive to attain a higher level of awareness in order to bring about what is good for the future. This would be a community in which there would be no career politicians. For having to make a living from politics on a permanent basis fosters corruption. This would be the constitution of a political community in which the harm a politician may cause is subject to legal action.

And that is why we must put an end to the situation in which the sovereign—the people—is being deprived of its sovereignty.

As a boy from a poor background, he had made it far in the world. A law graduate, he built a successful law firm in Hamburg. He handled millions, had the best business address, and dined only at the most expensive restaurants … 

Despite his success as an entrepreneur, Wolfgang Georg Sonnenburg was not happy. He was living a life of pretense, behind which everything was empty and dreary. His life—a golden hamster wheel. He lacked a sense of purpose and felt burned out. He realized that he had been corrupted by success and had become nothing more than a cost manager. 

And so, second by second, day by day, the most important thing in life slipped through his fingers: his lifetime. Until he realized: There is more to life than the 3D world and following well-trodden paths. He made a radical decision: He gave up his old, externally controlled, ego- and money-driven life. He even accepted millions in debt. From this vantage point, he realized that what matters is not betraying one’s own nature, but allowing one’s own essence—one’s true self—to blossom.