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| Neeta Singhal |
What is
Power?
POWER is simply the
energy and ability to make things happen. So your personal power is your
ability to create what YOU WANT!
With power, you
influence both, people and your environment. It's the ability of being in
control instead of simply reacting to actions as they happen. It's the ability
to make a change instead of being a passive onlooker. Power is an attribute
that can help you get what you want that makes certain people respect you and
some others fear you.
Power of
Knowledge
It is obvious that
knowledge can be a very strong basis of power, influence and authority. This
fact is true for all life fields starting with the knowledge of how to punch
someone to knock him down going through becoming a specialist in your field so
that your company would not afford to lay you off and all the way to knowing
how to impress people and thus becoming more popular.
Now that it's clear
how empowering knowledge can be. You should start acquiring knowledge that is
relevant to the kind of power you wish to acquire. If you are aiming at social
power then you may begin by educating yourself more about social expertise. If
you want to be powerful inside your company then learn about the things that
other employees know nothing about and so on.
Power of
Charisma
Everyone agrees that
charisma is a gift yet there are various ways that can help you become more
charismatic. Building your self-confidence, culturing assertiveness in your
personality, fine-tuning your body language, modulating your tone of voice,
upgrading the way you dress up and refining your first impression are all
aspects helping you look more charismatic than you actually are.
Power of
Love and Generosity
Be loving, generous
and kind. If one has to take something from you he or she will do almost
anything for you. If you accomplished the task of gaining everyone's attention
and admiration then you may easily influence them with your thoughts and
concepts. Whatever you contribute to the world becomes your power over the
world.
Power of
Self-Understanding
Once you are
confident of yourself you are able to make decisions based on your unique
knowledge and experience. You are able to turn situations in your favour
by using your innate intelligence.
Power of
Leading
A leader is one who
looks ahead far before others and looks at the outcome of every action from all
angles and speaks about possible options, threats and results. A leader is one
who will take the initiative to climb the tree and give directions to the troop
as they march through the jungle.
Power of
Command
A true leader always
makes his or her subordinate feel as if they work "with the leader"
and not "for the leader". Seldom would you see a leader raise his or
her voice or fist or resort to frustration or helplessness.
Why do
you give Up Your Power?
Have you ever caught
yourself saying the things written below?
"So-and-so will
never let me."
"I have too many
responsibilities."
"I have to ask
my family for this."
"I have to take
opinion of so and so for this."
"If he does not
help me, I am doomed."
"I don't have good
support in my business."
"I am not able
to give my best because of this."
"I don't have
good staff to help me."
"I'm not ready
yet."
"People will
laugh at me."
"So-and-so will
get mad at me."
Whenever you allow
anyone or anything control your actions, you give up your power. Do not be
dependant on others and do not allow anyone including your family, parents,
employees, customers and company to be dependant on you. To be
powerful you need to be completely self-sufficient and stand alone. Do
not feel powerless because today your maid servant did not report for work or
your accountant took a long leave or your secretary left the job. Make a system
that runs on Auto pilot and see that most of the important things are in your
control or properly delegated to multiple people where one works in the absence
of the other.
Being powerful is a
reiterative process of self-discovery. A discovery that unfolds who or what is
exactly holding you back – you may even discover that person is yourself!
Best wishes,
Neeta Singhal
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