Power and influence without trying

Power and influence.

There are people in this world who thrive on it, who want to be in charge, want to be the boss, who want to dictate how things are done and how people act. Usually they are the CEO’s of large companies. Sometimes they are the people who simply started their own businesses and often they are the heirs who take over a business after grandpa or daddy or both have made the business a success.

Then there are those people who get that little taste of authority and let it go to their heads such as TSA agents, neighborhood watch folks, crossing guards, and airline attendants. (Before you start sending nasty emails or begin writing hateful remarks, I don’t mean every person that works in one of these jobs!) Continue reading