Author(s): Dacher Keltner
American Professor of Psychology, Dacher Keltner, is the founder of the Greater Good Science Center and host of the podcast The Science of Happiness. His book The Power Paradox outlines how power dynamics play out in all areas of our daily lives.
The book presents his years of research and understanding into different attempts to understand power as well as the contexts where this might look different. Not only is "The Power Paradox" considering how cultural understandings and applications of influence has changed over time, but also how this elusive quality can change for individuals. How, because of the power we gain, we can compromise the qualities that allowed us to win that success to start.
For Keltner power is the ability to have an influence on others; whether this be via coercive force as once believed or through the sophisticated application of empathy within a group. This is a fundamental element of any psychotherapy process as feeling powerless, a loss of agency or having an unstable ability to affect the world that you inhabit, will have a crippling impact on anyone's mental health.
Non-Fiction
About: Psychology, Relationships, Success, Power Dynamics, Self-Development
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