Power Corruption
Everyday we walk the halls as individuals, minding our own business, but not realizing the amount of weight we carry around. What is that weight, you ask? The weight of power that is, each individual you pass everyday has a power of their own. It’s not exactly the supernatural powers that we see in movies, but instead the power over something or someone in our life. It can be as simple as leading a group discussion in class to as big as leading a whole nation. Usually when we think of power, our first thoughts are of confidence, and optimistic thoughts, but have you ever thought of how maybe too much of the confidence can overrule the positive to a negative. Power is the ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. Power increases the confidence, optimism, internal thought, feelings, behavior, and risk taking of a human mind, but it’s not just these characteristics that define a man to be either a good or bad leader. One of our greatest leaders once said “ Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. ” ( Lincoln 1). The obstacles or difficulties in life can be controlled by a man, but to be given power is one thing to be …show more content…
When ‘power’ is thought of it's usually visualized with much reliability, as addiction is usually always related with negligent situations. Just like in any math equation the negative will always overpower the positive. The feeling of power has been compared to the same effect cocaine has on the human brain. It causes a rush that increases the testosterone levels in both men and women. This then leads to a swell in the measure of dopamine, which can be described as the brain's reward system. The more dopamine that is produced the higher leads to a more negative outcome such as arrogance or impatience. In this case it proves that even with such a good feeling it could lead to a bad
Everyday we walk the halls as individuals, minding our own business, but not realizing the amount of weight we carry around. What is that weight, you ask? The weight of power that is, each individual you pass everyday has a power of their own. It’s not exactly the supernatural powers that we see in movies, but instead the power over something or someone in our life. It can be as simple as leading a group discussion in class to as big as leading a whole nation. Usually when we think of power, our first thoughts are of confidence, and optimistic thoughts, but have you ever thought of how maybe too much of the confidence can overrule the positive to a negative. Power is the ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. Power increases the confidence, optimism, internal thought, feelings, behavior, and risk taking of a human mind, but it’s not just these characteristics that define a man to be either a good or bad leader. One of our greatest leaders once said “ Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. ” ( Lincoln 1). The obstacles or difficulties in life can be controlled by a man, but to be given power is one thing to be …show more content…
When ‘power’ is thought of it's usually visualized with much reliability, as addiction is usually always related with negligent situations. Just like in any math equation the negative will always overpower the positive. The feeling of power has been compared to the same effect cocaine has on the human brain. It causes a rush that increases the testosterone levels in both men and women. This then leads to a swell in the measure of dopamine, which can be described as the brain's reward system. The more dopamine that is produced the higher leads to a more negative outcome such as arrogance or impatience. In this case it proves that even with such a good feeling it could lead to a bad