PERSONAL POWER
Your life’s successes lies in your personal power, so use your power wisely. While packing away some used clothing I came across one of my sons old t-shirt with the words “I have the Power. Power what’s next?” and it brought back memories of my son wearing the t-shirt while working tirelessly on the multi-tiered contest challenge Master the Mainframe. The contest was his way of gaining experience and promoting his ability to hiring professionals. Watching my son quietly work thru the challenges of the contest was a great lesson in patience and perseverance. He used his limited power to begin the challenge, harnessed more power after successfully completing each step of the challenge and acquired full power at the end of the contest. As a result, he could soundly state “Power What’s Next?” The lessons we learn from our children!
MAINFRAME
The dictionary describes mainframe as “…a powerful computer that can handle many tasks concurrently; the big-iron.” Sounds a lot like life, managing many tasks at the same time, right? Your mainframe, your big-iron is your strength; it supports who you are and who you can become. Many people face daily obstacles and challenges and learning how to process or get past them is a challenge in itself. With patience and vigor, turn your challenge into a contest and step-by-step build and regain your power! BE APT
DESIGNATED POWER
Use the power that is given to you by others wisely, it shouldn’t be abused but should be used to motivate and elevate the powerless. Apply the Care Perspective (accepting and maintaining responsibility in a relationship), use it to build stronger relationships, increase non-violent communication and solve problems. Use of a more collaborative leadership style will encourage reciprocal respect and promote shared concerns. The style will be more beneficial to the parties involved and promote personal and professional growth. Let your ME become WE!
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Credit: Boss, J.A. (2008). Ethics for Life: The Care perspective.
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Good read as always. The technology analogy was effective and relatable to the young upcoming folks. They need to recognize the power within themselves.
Thank you for sharing Annette!
Managing one’s power is so important to achieve success in all areas of life. That course from Harvard sounds so useful, especially nowadays.
Thanks for your feedback, Jenn.
Love the post! It’s so important to learn how to use and master the power you have within yourself to accomplish your goals.
Thanks for your positive feedback Alexis!
I try to draw my energy and power from my family. This is my Dream Team and my comfort zone. We should try and learn from our children. From mine, I learn innocence and simplicity.
Predrag, family is a great power source. Thank you for sharing!
Very inspiring post. It is true that we all have the power within us to achieve success. It is just that we need to identify and learn to channel that power onto the right path.
Eileen, thank you for the great review!
I need to keep this in mind for sure! Sometimes I forget about my power.
Amber, your feedback is great. Thank you!
Recognizing that you have power is the first step to being powerful.
Angela, thank you for your positive feedback!
I need to realize that I have power. Then I need to feel confident to use it.
Hey Tara, sometimes it takes a while to realize that we possess great inner strength and how to re-purpose it for greater living. I appreciate your feedback.
Unfortunately, I only think about my power when I feel powerless and helpless. However, I don’t remember the vast majority when I am powerful.
Millie, the important thing is that you know you have it. thank you so much for your response!
Sometimes I think back to what I remember growing up with my mom handled situations and powered through it, it taught me to never give up!
Kathy, her actions spoke louder than words and you remembered. Your response is my fuel to keep on writing and sharing. Thank you and thank your mom!
This is such an inspirational post which I am glad to read today. I need to realize that it’s time to value my own power.
Marjie, Your kind words warm my heart. Thank you so much!
This is a post that I think most of us need to hear! It really has me thinking about how I use my own power.
Crystal, I appreciate your feedback. Thank you!
I love that you can control your own success in life. It’s interesting to hear about other people’s journey along the way.
Fatima, I value your feedback. Thank you!
Such a beautiful post. All of us have the power within us, all we need to do is to know how to master it and use it in reaching our goals.
Gervin, thank you for your kind words. I am grateful!
I really appreciated your analogies to technology so it can help more people relate! I also really like the sound of that course. It could be extremely useful.
Hi Katie, thanks for the feedback.
It must have been interesting to watch your son. As we achieve we develop more confidence which further fuels us to aim and achieve higher.
Melanie, It was a great experience, I am blessed to have such a wonderful son. Yes self-confidence is key. Thank you for your positive response!
It is good to realize our personal strengths and use them for good and for success. I think there is always more potential than we realize!
Hi Marysa, thank you for your helpful response.
Sounds pretty cool and sounds like a wonderful short course that can help everyone 😉 It is very important to know your strengths and to use them in life 😉
Thank you for your thoughtful response Melissa!
We are the Power! And it’s so true. We just need to feel it and develop it!
Hey Catalina! You got it. Thank you for your feedback!
I agree to this! Once we discover our power, we should keep it sharpened and use for success.
Hi Sol, If we understand our power we can achieve a lot. Thanks for your sharing!
Sometimes it’s easy to forget how powerful we really can be when we set our minds to it. Thanks for the reminder!
You are welcome Ashley . Thank you for your feedback!
Yes I agree with you valuing personal power is most important in the life.
Swathi, thank you for your feedback!
I love this post so much. People are power.
Danielle, I am glad you loved my post. We must own our power. Thank you so much for sharing!