Power causes people to attend to rewards and gains rather than losses, increases their optimism, and leads them to engage in riskier behavior, thus seemingly freeing people to do what they otherwise would not as they vigorously pursue their own goals with little regard for how their behavior affects others. | 7 Rules of Power

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Power causes people to attend to rewards and gains rather than losses, increases their optimism, and leads them to engage in riskier behavior, thus seemingly freeing people to do what they otherwise would not as they vigorously pursue their own goals with little regard for how their behavior affects others.

-- Jeffery Pfeffer