![]() ![]() “Pulling rank can be generous, or an expression of caring, when done by the right person at the right time.” As we see over and over in this book, the motive is the key. Both can be useful depending on the context and how we do it. ![]() We can play our power up, or we can play it down. ![]() Any person’s power depends entirely on the context in which power is being negotiated.” Power is not a feeling, and if you have to talk about it, you probably have very little of it. “what makes someone powerful-what makes others willing to comply with their wishes-is the degree to which they are needed. Simply stated, “power is the capacity for social control.” On a more personal level. These two statements set the stage for what follows. People who use the power they have to manage their own powerless feelings are bound to stray from their responsibilities. Success, impact, and life satisfaction are not the result of how much power you can accumulate, or even how powerful others think you are they are the result of what you are able to do for others with the power you already have. Two statements she makes at the start caught my attention immediately: The question is, what are we doing with it? ![]() It is a tour de force on what power is, how it works, and how it affects every aspect of our lives. Deborah Gruenfeld has been teaching a class at Stanford University that is the title of her book, Acting with Power. WE need to think about power differently. ![]()
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