Sully seems to endorse the impression that marks of power include things like not fearing consequences,
thinking only in big ideas etc:
Power lends the power holder many benefits. Powerful people are more
likely to take decisive action. In one simple experiment, it was shown
that people made to feel powerful were more likely to turn off an
annoying fan humming in the room. Power reduces awareness of constraints
and causes people act more quickly. Powerful people also tend to think
more abstractly, favoring the bigger picture over smaller consequences.
Powerful people are less likely to remember the constraints to a goal.
They downplay risks, and enjoy higher levels of testosterone (a
dominance hormone), and lower levels of cortisol (a stress hormone).
Of course, I nailed what power really is years ago.
You're welcome, Earth:
I would guess that a good measure of how much power you have in the
office is what happens if you cut one. For instance, if you're REALLY
high up, everybody has to pretend they didn't notice. If you're KINDA
high up you can do it, but you gotta accompany it with a funny
interjection, like "hiyooooo!!" or "HOTcha-boogie!!!!!!!", followed by
something like "dang, I gotta get the ol' lady to change butchers!"
Me,
if I let one slip, the outrage would be such that before security could
see me safely out of the building my body would've been set on fire by
torches in the parking lot; people wailing "for godsake, the
children!!!!!" Finally an F branded onto my forehead before being pushed into oncoming traffic. So.
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