"The measure of a man is what he does with
power"
- Pittacus, Greek statesman and military leader
"Power is the potential to mobilize energy."[1]
Like I do in my I WILL statement, I am looking for ways to influence positive
impacts. Until I read Power and
Influence: Achieving Your Objectives in Organization[2],
I didn’t know Power also needs to exercise. It is a potential force. To have an
effect, power must be exercised, Influence is the way in which you turn potential
force into kinetic energy. Kinetic energy has meaning of on time usable. Maybe
this is not just practice a reaction for each specific situations, rather than practice
to express your power. Walk through the exercise, given feedbacks and our own
feeling will polish the power to kinetic energy.
Gaining support: To obtain others’ social support through your interpersonal attractiveness.
- Charisma
- Linguistic ability
- Track record[3]
As I concern, Charisma relates trust. Even the usage in normal language is different for Track record and History, but according to my definition it has same origin. The origin is implementation of own value. Both Track record and History are directly related to personal value. Personal value are supported by belief that is a confidence to be accepted from engaged society or own satisfaction. Social acceptance and own satisfaction do not need to be balanced.[4] Adjacency of the belief to social acceptance, however, is directly related with difficulty of entrance. Plus this difficulty is directly connected with Gaining support. On the other hands, Track record has distinguishable point that is social admiration, which will attract people.
[1] Reveille for Radicals, University of Chicago press, 1946
[2] Power and Influence: Achieving Your Objectives in Organization, Kathleen L. Mcginn and Elizabeth Long Lingo, Harvard Business School, 5th July 2007
[3] Power and Influence: Achieving Your Objectives in Organization, Kathleen L. Mcginn and Elizabeth Long Lingo, Harvard Business School, 5th July 2007
[4] Theory of Reasoned Action, Fishbein & Aizen, 1975