Are You Afraid of Your Own Power? (and not know it)
What I mean here is deep unconscious fear of standing out, of being seen and even acknowledged...Not the loud version of fear... The silent one that percolates under the hood.... 🤔The one that shows up in rooms where you know your thinking is stronger than what’s being said — and you adjust anyway... Dumb it down... or even keep it to yourself.... You see the clear move that would change everything... and you know your idea is the solution... You feel it clearly... A nd then you soften it... or never share it.... ....You wrap it. .....You dilute it. or present it as a suggestion instead of a real shift... To reduce discomfort, you tell yourself you’re being strategic. Or diplomatic...Kind even.... Or “aware of the room.” 🙄Sometimes that’s true... But mostly, these are all lies you are telling yourself to reduce dissonance... Now, just reflect on when it happens. It rarely happens when you’re unsure... Almost never.... It happens when you are absolutely certain....The question is WHY? 💫Personal Power is not frightening because it might fail. Power is frightening because it reorganizes structure, reorganizes perceptions, put you in a spotlight.... ...It changes position. ...It changes who feels ahead. ....It changes who feels equal. ....It changes who feels exposed. It forces you to become accountable for your true greatness..... 💥Structural Psychology truth is - Human systems protect coherence above all else. Coherence means: I know who I am. I know where I stand. I know how others experience me. The field feels stable. The moment your capacity exceeds the structure that defined you, that stability wobbles. 💫Most people shrink capacity rather than expand structure. I t feels like humility. It is often loyalty.... Loyalty to an older identity. Loyalty to a group that once validated you. Loyalty to a version of yourself that didn’t disrupt hierarchy. 💥💥The psyche would rather preserve a coherent prison than risk incoherent freedom.💥💥 That’s not your weakness.