Leaders and those in the healing professions are often able to help people understand and appreciate their personal narratives. In effect, the leader or healer is given powers of authorship (authority) over the personal mythologies. The leader helps them interpret a set of circumstances in a more positive, empowering light. Doing this creates a new […]
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All stories have a shelf life, a time beyond which they start to fall apart and forgotten. This is a natural and normal process and applies to all entities that make use of stories. Empires, kingdoms and reputations are all ultimately narrative based; all political and economic power is contained in story. Since all power is story […]
Conversations that Count: In an age where digital monologues, selfies and superficial chats are the norm, the power of conversation is waning. Disconnected in our connected world, text, email and social media exchanges are hardly interactive, let alone conversational. TV, live-streamed and public-event ‘conversations’, from political debates to discussion groups, tend to be immature, combative […]
Conflict manifests in many ways in an organization. At times it rises to the surface in the form of defensiveness, disagreements or uncooperative behaviour. Most of the time, however, it remains hidden and is evident from symptoms such as poor morale, high staff turnover and absenteeism, lack of enthusiasm, alternative forms of organisational communication embodied […]
The first key: Knowing what you want Successful people know what they want. They know who they want to be and where they want to go. In other words, they have a very clear picture of what success means to them. Do you know what you want? This is the first step to power and […]
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Removing No. One
They say that power is the ultimate aphrodisiac, that absolute power corrupts absolutely but no-one talks about the idea that power is addictive.