![]() It is always relational it depends on others’ deference. ![]() Nobody has power in the absence of relationships to other people. It’s a resource that exists for the protection of groups. But if you look at power out in the world, in a human context or even in an animal context, what you see is that power has another purpose. ![]() So what matters most is how we act with the power we already have, despite our feelings, and our impact on other people.Īnother misconception is that we tend to think of power as the answer to our powerless feelings, like a resource for personal consumption and self-enhancement. Your power depends on other people’s feelings - do they need you, do they fear you, do they feel obligated to you, do they trust and respect you? That is where our power comes from - our capacity to affect other people’s feelings. But our feelings have little to do with it. ![]() There’s this idea that if you can find a way to feel more powerful, you’ll actually be more powerful. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Gruenfeld recently sat for an interview with Insights by Stanford Business. ![]() Inspired by the popular Stanford GSB course of the same name, Gruenfeld’s new book, Acting with Power: Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe, dismantles our misconceptions about the word, shows us how it’s about connection as well as control, and outlines what it means to use power well. ![]()
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