Build Your Personal Power. Whether you are trying to obtain it or are responding to someone elses influence, its a constant factor. Power can be positive or negative depending on how we create it or how we engage with it. Here are 3 ways to grow or manage power in relationships positively. *Win through your actions, never through argument Any momentary triumph you think you have gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory. The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate. *Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Open hearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most suspicious people and allows you to increase your personal power. *When asking for help, appeal to peoples self-interest. If you need to turn to an alley for help, do not bother to remind him of your past assistance and good deeds. He will find a way to ignore you. Instead, uncover something in your request, or in your alliance with him, that will benefit him, and emphasize it out of all proportion. He will respond enthusiastically when he sees something to be gained for himself. ~Excerpt from Robert Greens 48 Laws of Power
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:00:00 +0000
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