Employees in most corporate presume that having power and supremacy over others will give job security.........
Do Power and position give security to human beings or a state of powerlessness or no position offers security? Many people in the corporate world are obsessed with power and position with a hope that the same would offer them protection and safety. Once they become the boss or head of a function or a department in an organization, they feel they could become more ‘powerful’ and hence can live with least threat or danger to their job as people around them will be submissive subordinates.
In reality, power and security are inversely proportional to each other. Power and position of the people has its meaning, definition, merit, acceptance and relevance only with people who do not have such powers or position.
When these so called ‘powerful people’ meet another set of equally powerful people, the same power could become the prime cause even to their death. Retaining the power & position and protecting the very life become a challenge to all the powerful people in such situation.
Animal world can offer best example and plenty of study/course materials to the corporate world in this regard. The dominant lion in the pride is very powerful over other members of the same pride. All other members will always be submissive to the dominant lion. None of them would ever challenge or have the strength to do so. The power or supremacy or the exalted position of the dominant lion makes sense only to the submissive members of the pride. When the dominant lion encounter another dominant lion, fight to retain his supremacy and the pride become imminent. In most instances, the fight will be ‘do or die’ and the looser either would die or would go with great/permanent debility.
The power only invites problem and in truth, it never gives security or safety. The security reside not in the power or position one holds but what kind of thoughts one carry with them alone matter. Corporate employees should work for power and position but with the understanding and awareness that such an endeavor is not meant or presumed to be for attaining security or protection. The feeling of security never get lost or can be achieved through power or position.
If someone presumes that power could offer them security means, it is myth or an illusion. If one start running out of or due to an illusion means one could never reach a permanent state or in a secured place. Greed will breed madness and awareness breed calmness and ability to see opportunity in adversity, promise out of hopelessness.
Acquire power and position out of love & understanding and never for the purpose of safety or security. This message every corporate employee must understand and be aware off. Security never comes either with power or with position.
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