Four Paths to Power
Which Path is Yours?
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Four Positive Paths to Power While our Stairways are the levels we climb within ourselves to reclaim our highest self on a personal growth journey-- Pathways focus you outside of yourself, encouraging you to have a positive powerful impact on the world. What is Power? Power is the ability to influence, change, direct, or transform situations, behaviors, people, and outcomes. It is also the ability to disrupt these things. Power is having viable options and the freedom to make beneficial choices. By divine design, God gives each of us four pathways to power. These are opportunities to do something intentionally meaningful and impactful with our lives; opportunities even to possibly build a legacy of greatness. Your first pathway to power is lined with your Gifts. Each of us is born with natural gifts and we are asked to hone those God-given gifts and share them with others. These gifts are also God’s way of giving to each of us the gift of human dignity. Without having to be taught, we were born with innate gifts such that we might never be without our own capacity to contribute to society, to earn a living, and to participate in a fair exchange. Our gifts may differ, yet the world needs the gifts that each able body has to offer, whether we are paid for our gifts, or we choose to share them for free-- or both. Too much charity will undermine human dignity. So, God gave each of us gifts that we might exchange to honor each other’s dignity and humanity. Do you know your natural God-given gifts? Chapter 1 asks you to recall the exceptional things you could do as a child that many other children could not. If your memory needs refreshing, review the list in Chapter 1 with a parent or childhood friend. The gifts God sends through each of us are a part of what makes us unique but also interdependent. And here’s why it’s so important for us to know our natural gifts. We were given those gifts to hone and to share, not to hide or to hoard. And when we share our gifts, we help to keep the world balanced. Your natural gifts help to offset somebody else’s deficits and imbalances. And somebody else’s natural gifts can help to offset yours. We are each and all gifted. So, while some of us may need to be taught how to give and receive, all of us already have something to give. Our generosity, gratitude, and reciprocity around shared gifts can help to preserve balance and human dignity.
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There are four aspects of every human being: the Body, the Mind, the Heart, and the Soul. When we nurture all of these, it allows us to feel internally whole. These four aspects are our fundamental "stairways" to personal growth. However, we tend to have a stronger relationship with one aspect of ourselves moreso than the others. So, are you a Body-Person, a Mind-Person, a Heart-Person, or a Soul-Person? Which of these stairways are you climbing in your personal growth journey? And what are some of the pitfalls you might encounter as you climb, as well as some positive practices you can adopt to help overcome those challenges? Our "stairways" help us to build resilience and good character within ourselves. On the other hand, our "pathways" guide us outside of ourselves and into the world. Our pathways beckon us to have a powerful and meaningful impact on the lives of others. There are four pathways to power. Which pathway is yours?
About the Author
Nesha Jenkins-Tate, PhD, is an author, a philosopher, and a collective trauma and personal growth consultant. Dr. Jenkins-Tate completed her undergraduate studies in Journalism at the Howard University Cathy Hughes School of Communications; a Master of Science from the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School; and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Howard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, with a major concentration in Cultural Studies and a minor concentration in Social Psychology.