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The True Nature of Personal Power
Things to remember

We are born with two basic urges: to be able and to bond with others -– power and love.

Personal power is the capacity to experience yourself and the ability to respond effectively to your own experience.

Power is not good. Power is not bad. We usually judge the ends to which we use our power.

Power is present in nearly every interaction we have. There are countless opportunities for you to be powerful.

Power is not authority. Authority is granted by an organization or a society and is limited in time and space.

Everyone uses power. Everyone is powerful. It is how you use your power and the impact you have on others that is critical.

You can shape and improve the basis for your own power, the form your power takes and the results you create with others in your life.

The most basic definition of leadership is the shaping of power.