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Power is one of those subjects that is especially hard for me to grasp. I am by no means unintelligent or lacking in ambition, I just don't understand the goal of amassing power. For me, power is a means to an end: if I work hard, I will be promoted to management. The only motivation I have for promotion is the monetary incentive. The control I would have over people is not a perk, but a burden. The extra responsibilty does not empower me, but it is simply a (daunting) means to an end. A higher paying job only serves to get me toward my personal financial goals that much quicker.
The thought of gaining power for the sake of power is baffling. What does one do with a sum of power?
One thing that was ingrained into me as a child was that more power meant more work and more responsibility. I remember as a kid, my dad went from being a manager, to a managing partner of an automotive shop. I saw him less often, and when I did see him he was either stressed or exhausted. I asked him once, what happened; why had he changed? He said he had a new job. He was in charge of more people - and those people kept screwing up. At a young age I realized that I didn't want that. I didn't want to be called in on my day off, to always have bags under my eyes, to have no energy to play with my kids because of stressful work was that day. The small amount of power Dad had managing an automotive shop had drained him.
I can only imagine how much more miserable a person might be with even more power.
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