The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence

By Dacher Keltner

Categories: Business & Money, Politics & Social Sciences

Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner draws on two decades of research to explain how people gain and lose power. He argues that power is gained through empathy, generosity and focus on others, but that once people have it, they often become impulsive and self-serving and lose the qualities that brought it. Keltner offers ways to keep power and use it well.

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• Shane Parrish: “Dacher is a future guest on the Knowledge project so this was part of my research for the interview. The book explains some of the various ways that we gain and loses influence. It’s a non-traditional view of power.”