a Powerprint also takes into account what lies beneath: our subjective, perceived sense of power.

She isn’t intimidated by challenges and has a strong sense of identity and purpose.

While others around him rise higher in the organization, Dan’s career trajectory has stalled thanks to his issues. Despite his very high social status, Dan’s dominant inner experience of himself is that of weakness.

Like fingerprints, no two Powerprints are alike.

strengths.

Think of power’s complex system as you would a fingerprint. Except in this case, it’s your Powerprint: an intricate pattern of interconnected, overlapping, and sometimes contradictory capabilities and

relief or defense, but it comes at the cost of your development. If you hit someone who hurts your feelings, you might feel better temporarily, but you’ve become an aggressor and have done nothing to address why your self-worth depends on another’s evaluation. If you gossip and spread rumors about someone who insulted you, you may feel a rush of

High rank of any kind—be it position, strength of will, ability to gather allies and gossip about someone—can provide momentary

but you’ve done so with the wrong set of tools.