It is taken for granted that power corrupts.
This is the crux of the power paradox: by fundamentally misunde.
Keltner sets straight.
This is what all-too-often we forget, and what Dr.
Above all, power is given to us by other people.
Enduring power comes from empathy and giving.
But how do we get power? And how does it change our behavior? So often, in spite of our best intentions, we lose our hard-won power.
This is reinforced culturally by everything from Machiavelli to contemporary politics.
It is taken for granted that power corrupts