Chapter 6

Your Current Level of Power

Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending.

—Carl Bard

The fourth step to ethical power—Assess your current level of power

The fourth step to ethical power is to assess your current level of power by examining each area of your life. The happier you are with an area of your life, the more empowered you are in that area, and vice versa. The more energy you have overall, the less tired you feel, and the more empowered you are.

It is Wednesday morning, and my boss Andrea calls me into her office for a chat. I’ve worked for Andrea long enough to understand what a chat means. It usually means that she wants to tell me something that she knows I ...

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