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Power Paradox Flashcards

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Power is granted in exchange form improving the lives of others

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In our social networks.

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Power is granted to us

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By other people

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The pursuit of good reputations is central to social life.

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The reputation of an individual is used to mark their capacity for power and provide a check against potential abusers

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Gossip is the sophisticated means by which group members spread information that feeds reputations.

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A group can track an individual’s likelihood of advancing its interests and determining what power each individual has.

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By strategically giving esteem to individuals, groups encourage those in power to continue

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to act in ways that are good for the group, making it feel good to do good.

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Having enduring power is a privilege that depends on

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other people continuing to give it to us.

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Power is gained and maintained

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Through focus on others

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Life is made up of patterns: of eating, thirst, sleep, courtship, sex, creativity are crucial to our survival.

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Wisdom is the ability to perceive these patterns and to shape them into coherent chapters within the longer narratives of our lives.

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Power is About Altering the States of Others

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Power is part of every relationship and interaction

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Power is found in every day actions

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Power comes from empowering others in social networks

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Groups give power to those that advance the greater good

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Groups construct reputations that determine the capacity to influence.

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Groups reward those who advance the greater good with status and esteem

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Groups punish those who undermine the greater good with gossip.

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Enduring power comes from empathy

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Enduring power comes from giving

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Enduring power comes from expressing gratitude

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Enduring power comes from telling stories that unite

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Power leads to empathy deficits and diminished moral sentiments

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Power leads to self serving impulsivity

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Power leads to incivility and disrespect

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Power leads to narratives of exceptionalism

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Powerlessness involves facing environments of continuous threat

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Stress defines the experience of powerlessness

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Powerlessness undermines the ability to contribute to society

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Powerlessness causes poor health

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29
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The difference we make in the world is quotidian:

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raising the right question, offering encouragement, connecting people who don’t know each other, suggesting a new idea. Power hinges on simply doing things that are good for others.

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30
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Charles Darwin changed the world but much of his evidence came from the network he created.

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He wrote fifteen hundred letters a year, four a day, to collaborators: missionaries, neurologists, md’s, fur trappers, gardeners. His writings are an expression of many ideas from all walks of life.

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Power is distributed across social networks

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and is found in empowering others.

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Power is never the property of an individual:

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it belongs to a group and remains in existence only so long as the group keeps it together.

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Any action an individual engages in or more generally a persons character, can be given a greater good score:

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the degree to which it benefits others and does not bring harm.

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When individual act in ways that yield high greater good scores,

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groups fare better

35
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Big Five social tendencies

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  1. Enthusiasm
  2. Kindness
  3. FOCUS
  4. Calmness
  5. Openess
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Enthusiasm

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pro: reach out to others
con: avoid social contact

Highest correlation with the acquisition of power

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Kindness

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Pro: cooperate, share, give
Con: exploit others for own gain

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Focus

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Pro: focus on shared goals, rules
Con: neglect shared goals, rules

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Calmness

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Pro: Instill calm, perspective
Con: complain, be defensive

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Openess

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Pro: be open to others ideas
Con: disregard others ideas

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We rise in power when we provide calm and

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remind people of broader perspectives during times of stress, tell stories that calm during times of tension, and practice kind speech.

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We are more likely to make a difference in the world when we are

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focused, articulate clear purposes and courses of action, and keep others on task

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Kindness causes our influence to rise when

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express appreciation, cooperate and dignify what others say and do.

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Our opportunity to influence increases when we are

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open and ask great questions, listen to others with receptive minds, and offer play ideas and novel perspectives.

45
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Hunter gatherer power

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generous, brave in combat, wise in making subsistence or military decisions, apt at resolving intragroup conflicts, a good speaker, fair, impartial and open, reliable (focused), tactful (calm), morally upright, strong and assertive (enthusiastic but humble.

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By constructing reputations, groups shape an individual’s capacity for influence in two ways.

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  1. Reputations create opportunities for influence. If you have a reputation for advancing the greater good, people will direct more resources to you.

People with reputations for being selfish tend to be placed in more peripheral places in social networks.

  1. Reputations provide feedback for making an individual aware of the effect of their action upon others.
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Pre-industrial cultures hold the status of the individual in relation to

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the amount of food they share.

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William James: “the deepest principle in human nature is

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the craving to be appreciated”

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Being esteemed by fellow group members triggers the

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brain reactions associated with craving

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Gossip flows to individuals who have the greatest power to

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define and damage the reputations of others

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Surges of power makes the individual experience higher levels of excitement, inspiration, euphoria, joy,

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all of which enable purposeful, goal directed action.

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surges of power make him or her less aware of

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the risks that attend to any course of action.

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Key to lasting power: stay focused on other people.

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Prioritize others interests as much as your own. Bring the good in others to completion and do not bring the bad in others to completion. Take delight in delights of others, as they will make a difference in the world.

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A first source of enduring power is to focus on what others feel.

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Look and listen for the rich language and emotional expression in your social life. Doing this will let you navigate daily interactions in much more sophisticated ways that enhance the greater good.

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Second source of enduring power

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give to others. There are many rewards we can give to others from the tangible brackets food to the symbolic money to the social respect insurance up rewards we will find in during power for the beneficiaries of such generosity give power to those who share.

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Third Source of Enduring Power

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is to practice gratitude by expressing gratitude to others what they do and who they are we dignified we give them the most cherished award been esteemed expressions of gratitude provide opportunities for building in during influence and strong ties

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Fourth Source of Enduring Power

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tell stories that unite others and common cause telling stories is a human universal want to comes to entertainment for the transmission of knowledge and to the strong ties and since of camaraderie that are vital to making a difference in the world

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Lincolns’s genius was rooted in

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knowing the minds of others is in during power they in understanding what other people felt.

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We can increase our empathy in so many ways.

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We can ask open ended questions. We can listen actively and empathetically. Orienting or attention to what others are saying in group conversations we can rely on the art of quiet and silence to encourage others to voice their views and to avoid the tendency to interrupt we can make sure to ask others what they would do in any situation before offering advice. We can ask those who might feel like they have less power for their opinions.

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Enduring Power: Giving

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Touching and being touched is one of the simplest and oldest ways in which people provide rewards to others the basis of enduring power

We can provide rewards to others in so many ways through sharing, encouraging, sacrificing, affirming, valuing, giving responsibilities,

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Gratitude

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We express gratitude in many ways through emails, I contact, deferential bows, and then braces, and by acknowledging and validating public what someone has said. And like touch these expressions of gratitude in the esteem, which activates the reward circuits and seek the regulated regions of the brain, and Calms the stress related regions of the Nervous
system.

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Expressions of Gratitude create

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contagious goodwill within social networks

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Telling Stories that Unite

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People who tell more coherent stories about their lives, with clear plot lines, characters and organizing passions, or physically healthier and find greater purpose later in life. To the extent that are stories have narrative coherence and encourage others we empower them towards similar ends.

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When I direct my attention to myself

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I necessarily lose focus on other people.

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Should I privilege what I’m doing in the current moment

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I will receive more dimly the feelings of other.

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Should I concentrate my tensions on my own interest

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I will be less astute and knowing the interests of bothers.

67
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Should I think Solely of my own perspective,

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I will have less insight into how others see the same situation.

68
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Power makes us feel less dependent on others,

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when we shift our focus away from others to our own goals and desires. The simple shift of attention takes us away from the practises that enable us to gain power in the first place.

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those who experience less power at work, without a chance to make a difference,

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have higher levels of stress related cortisol.

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powerlessness enables empathy and understanding other’s mental states

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but undermines rigour of thought and quality fo decision making.

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it pays to do things that dignify the less powerful,

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to show that they are worthy like anyone else.

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PTP 1. Be Aware of Feelings of Power

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real power means enhancing the greater good. Use desires of power to push you in this direction.

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PTP 2. Practice Humility

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Power is a gift, it is the authority, bestowed upon by others, to make a difference in the world. It can be taken away if abusd. People who enact power with humility enjoy more enduring power. To influence others is a privilege. To have power is humbling. the more we approach out power and capacity to influence others with humility. the greater our power is. Don’t be impressed by your own work— stay critical of it. There is always more work to do if others have entrusted you with authority.

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PTP 3. Stay Focused on Others and Give

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The most direct path to power is through generosity. Give resources, money, time, respect, and power to others. In these acts of giving we empower others in our social networks, enhancing our own ability to make a difference int he world. The more we empower others, the more the greater good is increased. So give in many ways, especially in ways that empower.

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PTP 4. Respect others

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By respecting others, we dignify them and elevate their standing. Respect emerged out of the patterns of mutual deference and sharing in our hominid ancestors and is seen in primates today. That all members of our social collective deserve some basic form of dignity is an ancient basis of equality and it is expressed in our day to day lives through respect. Ask Questions. Listen with intent. Be curious about others. Acknowledge them. Compliment with praise and gusto. Express Gratitude.

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PTP 5.Change the Psychological context of Powerlessness—

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  • work to unroot the sources of powerlessness that are alight to so many, racism, sexism, agism, income inequality,

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