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A person who adamantly argues for why you are powerless and takes offense at your self-determination could not be more clear about what role they prefer you in.
Try putting more focus on the power you have over your life and see how people react.
Many people prefer you see yourself as powerless; a competitor who never competes is never competition.
Many people prefer you see yourself as powerless; a competitor who never competes is never competition.
I’ll be bluntly honest, while I sympathize with people who see themselves as inherently powerless, I’m not threatened by them.
Such a person wastes time shaking their fist at the sky over storms instead of reinforcing their home.
Such a person wastes time shaking their fist at the sky over storms instead of reinforcing their home.
This is one of the nastiest outcomes of reframing powerlessness as righteousness—focusing only on what disempowers you does nothing but disempower you.
Revel in your powerlessness, expend your energy cursing a deaf god, sacrifice your life just to spite the unfairness of it all.
But first ask yourself who wins when you refuse to play?
But first ask yourself who wins when you refuse to play?
Convincing people their power lies in a leader, an ideology, or simply somewhere off in the unknown is a textbook strategy.
It’s much easier to take power from people who don’t believe they have it.
It’s much easier to take power from people who don’t believe they have it.
