Hiding our Shame.

The reason many people seek positional power is to hide their shame.

Shame at how shallow, empty and without virtue they are.

Without positional power, we are forced to justify our thinking and opinions and decision making. We must show our working out to persuade others to our point of view. We develop and exercise our thinking muscle. But we also expose ourselves to being found wanting. To criticism. Of being wrong.

This is the price of connecting with others.

With positional power we can simply impose our will. We say ‘Thus is so,’ and move on.

Escaping scrutiny and responsibility.

And our humanity.