If you relate to power as something to be opposed and fought, you have surrendered your own.
Emmett Shear on Twitterx.comIf you relate to power as something to be opposed and fought, you have surrendered your own.
proactive people do not demand rights, they live them. Power is not something you demand or deserve, it is something you express.
John Townsend • Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, to Take Control of Your Life
Power is a tricky one, many definitions, but here is a little thought. The way we often seem to speak about power is that those who reign over entire countries with threats and violence have more power than we have.
And I have been questioning for a while the consequences of repeating these types of stories to ourselves.
I think that the the person
... See moreBut there comes a point in every story when those who were fighting to gain power gain it, and need to begin the hard work of ruling. When they’re no longer the underdog, but the ones in charge. My guess is that existentialism is going to make a comeback as people realize that self-sovereignty is a double-edged sword.