Two faces of the coin
Life has its own way of teaching things. I was lucky enough to secure a good job. This job gave me power over many things. Now, power means to command. This sounds very good, but in actuality, getting work done by your juniors is the real skill of leadership power. Within a few months of my posting, I understood this. So, rather than being bossy, I chose to be participative with them and sweetly make them all work with me. This worked well. This was my first lesson of life—the two sides of power and how to balance both of them and how to make your leadership most meaningful to everyone. The darker side of power, which wants to rule and ruins everything, is always overwhelming. We need to be careful with it; otherwise, it will overpower us and ruin things beyond repair. I am glad that I was in a situation where I had to choose the humble power aspect, which tries to work with everyone without hurting them. Similar to this lesson is my introduction to the passion hypothesis. I still...