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Powerful – To Be or Not To Be?

Enlivening Edge Magazine Editori’s Note: Here’s a nice mental stretch into these nuanced alternative perspectives, different from the common views “All sensible reasonable people want to be Teal” or “Everyone wants to have more power at work.”

By Charlie Efford and originally published on LinkedIn

How often you read a pronouncement that someone’s mission/passion is empowering other people? These statements may spring from a desire to help others and I feel there are some fundamental flaws in the intention.

Imagine having a room with two light bulbs on the ceiling. One is a bright 100W bulb and the other a dim 40W bulb. Offering to empower someone is like the 100W bulb informing the 40W bulb that they can make them shine brighter.[…]

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