POWER IS SOLD AS THE FINISH LINE EVERYONE IS RUNNING TOWARD

YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD TO CHASE IT
WORK HARDER
CLIMB HIGHER
GET TO THE ROOM WHERE DECISIONS HAPPEN
EVERY HUSTLE SLOGAN POINTS AT THE SAME DESTINATION
MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE POWER SIMPLY REVEALS WHO YOU ALWAYS WERE
VERY FEW STOP TO ASK WHAT IT DOES TO THE PERSON WHO GETS IT
THE RESULTS SHOULD MAKE EVERYONE A LITTLE NERVOUS
THAT IS WHERE THE TRUTH ABOUT POWER BEGINS
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THE DESTINATION EVERYONE IS SOLD 🪜
FROM THE FIRST JOB YOU WERE TAUGHT ONE DIRECTION
UP WAS ALWAYS THE ANSWER AND THE ONLY ONE THAT COUNTED
HUSTLE CULTURE TURNED THAT CLIMB INTO A WHOLE IDENTITY
THE TITLE THE CORNER OFFICE THE SEAT AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE
ALL OF IT GETS SOLD AS THE PLACE YOU FINALLY BECOME WHOLE
POWER GETS TREATED LIKE A MIRROR THAT SHOWS THE REAL YOU
THE STORY GOES THAT GOOD PEOPLE STAY GOOD AND BAD PEOPLE JUST GET EXPOSED
THAT STORY IS COMFORTING AND IT IS ALSO WRONG
POWER IS NOT A MIRROR THAT REVEALS
IT IS A FORCE THAT CHANGES THE ONE WHO HOLDS IT
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THE PSYCHOLOGIST DACHER KELTNER SPENT DECADES STUDYING HOW PEOPLE RISE
WHAT HE FOUND WAS NOT THE RUTHLESS WINNER WE WERE PROMISED
THE PEOPLE WHO GAIN POWER TEND TO BE EMPATHETIC AND GENEROUS
THEY RISE BECAUSE THEY READ A ROOM AND LIFT THE PEOPLE IN IT
ATTENTION AND KINDNESS ARE THE VERY TRAITS THAT EARN THE CLIMB
HERE IS WHERE KELTNER FOUND THE CRUEL TWIST
THOSE SAME TRAITS ARE THE FIRST CASUALTIES ONCE THE POWER ARRIVES
THE EMPATHY THAT OPENED THE DOOR STARTS TO FADE BEHIND IT
GENEROSITY THAT BUILT THE TRUST SLOWLY DRIES UP
HE CALLED IT THE POWER PARADOX
YOU RISE BY YOUR BEST AND THEN POWER QUIETLY ERODES IT
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WHEN OTHER PEOPLE STOP FEELING REAL 🧠
THE STRANGEST FINDING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CHARACTER
POWER CHANGES HOW THE BRAIN ITSELF PERCEIVES OTHER PEOPLE
KELTNER DESCRIBES POWERFUL PEOPLE AS LESS ABLE TO SIMULATE THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS
THE MIND THAT ONCE TRACKED EVERY FACE STOPS DOING THE WORK
OTHER PEOPLE START TO REGISTER AS SMALLER AND LESS REAL
THEY BECOME OBSTACLES OR TOOLS RATHER THAN FULL HUMAN BEINGS
IT IS NOT THAT THE PERSON DECIDED TO STOP CARING
THE BRAIN QUIETLY STOPPED TREATING OTHERS AS WORTH THE ATTENTION
THIS IS THE PART THE HUSTLE SLOGANS NEVER MENTION
THE DESTINATION YOU WERE SOLD COMES WITH A HIDDEN COST
POWER DOES SOMETHING TO A BRAIN LONG BEFORE IT REVEALS ANYTHING






