Paul Conti

Yeah.

I think power is an accentuator, right?

An intensifier, right?

So I think it is...

That there are people who can be sort of in a gray area where there are malignant narcissistic tendencies and behaviors, but there are also ways in which that person can think outside of themselves and think in a broader way and think sort of kindly about others.

And they're sort of trying to navigate, whether they're aware or not, that they're trying to navigate between one and the other.

And then the allure of power is, well, just look, just exercise that power and you'll feel better, right?

It'll show you, right, that you're good enough.

Look at the power you have.

And whatever may be going on in the person's mind, that then power, yes, can corrupt, yes.

I think that's why we have to have checks and balances, right?

Because we don't, you know, we are all inscrutable to ourselves, let alone to others.

So we must have checks and balances and we should always have them on ourselves as well as on others.

We should want that for the health of ourselves and the world around us.

So I think all of that is true, but there are also people who don't necessarily become corrupted by that.

There can be an understanding and a grounding that they're a steward of power, a shepherd.

There are ways people describe utilizing power and utilizing it in a benign way that then

the healthy aspects of self, right?

So like gratitude and humility, right?

I mean, if we could add a healthy dose of gratitude and humility to everyone or to our society, there would be a sea change, right?