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The power paradox : how we gain and lose influence / Dacher Keltner

by Keltner, Dacher.

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Penguin Press, 2016.

Power (Social sciences)

Power (Philosophy)

Control (Psychology)

Interpersonal relations.

Social psychology.

Selflessness (Psychology)

9781594205248 (hc.)

196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Power Is About Making A Difference In The World -- Power Is Given, Not Grabbed -- Enduring Power Comes From A Focus On Others -- The Abuses Of Power -- The Price Of Powerlessness -- A Fivefold Path To Power

It is taken for granted that power corrupts. This is reinforced culturally by everything from Machiavelli to contemporary politics. But how do we get power? And how does it change our behavior? So often, in spite of our best intentions, we lose our hard-won power. Enduring power comes from empathy and giving. Above all, power is given to us by other people. This is what all-too-often we forget, and what Dr. Keltner sets straight. This is the crux of the power paradox: by fundamentally misunderstanding the behaviors that helped us to gain power in the first place we set ourselves up to fall from power. Power isn't the capacity to act in cruel and uncaring ways; it is the ability to do good for others, expressed in daily life, and itself a good a thing. In twenty "Power Principles" Dr. Keltner explains how to retain power, why power can be a demonstrably good thing, and the terrible consequences of letting those around us languish in powerlessness.

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