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Reflective Essay: The Clash Of Power And Authority

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INTRODUCTION

Many years ago, I began to challenge my mind by wondering why the events have slowed down in my life, why did I accomplish more when I had less? I began to think about a few years ago, when I had almost absolutely nothing, my parents had very little, but things happened in my life, in the life of family members and others around me. I then realized the only thing different in my life currently, from a few years ago, was my knowledge, my understandings of things, my experience with the world and its powers. I became aware of the fact that the increase of my knowledge of this world was synonym to the increase of my knowledge of power, and as a result, of my fear of power.
My search for answers generated more questions as to why was I afraid of power when I knew so many more people of power. Why did I have more authority to get things done when I didn’t have any power? Why do people without power do great things, why don’t most people in power do great things? The malaise persisted for years and ended up in a bigger question, which I thought must be answered based on life observation and deep thinking. I gradually developed a great feeling of responsibility to those around me, myself, and especially to this materialistic generation, to strive to provide an element of answer to my own …show more content…

In this book, I discussed Power and Authority by providing an abundant explanation of why, why aren’t things the way they should be? Why all calculations become inaccurate when it comes to life? Why when we plan and expect for certain result, something else happens instead? Why the struggle? Why are we constantly fighting, when there is no physical fight? Most importantly, why do most people with power get little to nothing accomplished? Why some very simple people, with no power, what so ever, get a lot

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