How people with ‘power’ always wins & why you need to be careful
With great power comes great responsibility
But not everyone seems to respect that. It isn’t hidden that the people with power and ability to do something then others are often self-centred. Well not all, but most of them are.
I find it annoying when someone who has more powers in the same field as me tries to obstruct my advancement and guards the gates of success with his filthy methods. Just because they have the power and authority they don’t have any rights to stop us from achieving our goals and targets. That is not playing fair, but in most of the cases, that is what happens!
The wise man who said ‘with great powers comes great responsibility’ was true, but he could have never realized that with ‘great power comes great ego and attitude’ as well. You can take your boss for example, he is the boss and he is the one who pays you. So he has the power to make you do whatever he desired, of course within your job capabilities. But as we know they will find out ways to cut short on your salary, give you harder tasks, disturb you while your out on vacation, call you late at night or even make you work longer then your required time. Those all are signs of ‘power’ but hey, they never mentioned that in your contract did they?
Some prefer to stay far away, while some would suck up
I am sorry for using the work ’suck up’ but i can’t find anything else to describe the situation. I find it very sad and pathetic when i see people buttering up the ones with ‘power’ for a gain. Why do you have to suck up to someone? Don’t you have any dignity and self respect get what you want yourself? With hard work and dedication?
Let me put it this way, if my teacher told me that the sun rises from the north, then that would be the ‘correct’ answer. If i write anything else in the paper then i would be punished, because the one with the ‘power’ to correct the paper holds the keys to your marks. This is one reason why you will find students and even parents sucking up to the teachers, sending them presents and inviting them for dinner. This is common, not just in this case – but in every professional and personal fields of life.
And of course there are some people that would prefer to stay ‘as far as possible’ form the people with powers. Such people might be the big players or the scared class. But in most cases they either succeed in there goals or keep trying for their entire life. But whatever it is, they at least have the self respect to not to ’suck up’ in order to gain something. Hard work and sincerity is the only way around, like it goes ‘there is no shortcut to sucess’ and even if there was, then that success is short-lived. Because one day or the other your cover will be blown up.
With power comes corruption, money and women
I find it hilarious when some women are attracted to the rich and wealthy people. Yes, there is nothing bad in a women falling in love with you. But it is unethical if they do it for money only. And often the rich are the ones with power.
Which brings me to another concern of having power. That is ‘corruption’. Corruption is everywhere and is not stoppable. You can’t stop corruption unless you stop being a corrupt yourself. There is no denial that everyone is corrupted, once in your lifetime you would commit a mistake or do something illegal or immoral that will count as corrupt. Be it being a corrupt wife/husband, a corrupt worker, a corrupt professional or even a corrupt politician. Corruption is visible on every face of life and its clear that corruption is directly related with power. The more power you have the more corrupt you are likely to get.
Money always plays a important role in everything. Be it deciding who gets to be the next president or what car your going to buy. Someone wise once said, that ‘money is the root of all evil’. In some cases that holds true. If you have money you can do everything and perhaps buy everything you ever wanted. And money will make you so corrupt that you will get a higher tendency to gain even more money! Like in business terms, multiplying your money, but of course you need to have money in order to multiply it.
Power savvy people can make or ruin your life
This is the sore truth. Let me give you some real life examples. Lets say you want to be a doctor, but you are not getting admission in any of the colleges or universities. However, if you had a close relative who was a dean or better yet someone in the education ministry, then your doorways to the university are open. Irrespective of your qualifications, talents and skills – power has made your life so easy.
But in the opposite of the above. Lets say you have few friends that you dislike. In other words, someone who has worked hard to reach where he is now, and you are jealous of him/her. Or even for mere case of boy friend/girl friend issues. In either way, if you had contacts in the government or say the police department. Then you can ruin the life’s of those people with a single case. You see it is very easy to ‘frame’ someone when you have power.
People with ‘power’ always wins – even in the online world
Sad but true. Let me put it this way, you are a member of some forums. And you have a fight with another member for some reason. Now you earn a living on those forums by selling your services and products. Imagine if that member who hates you were to become a moderator of that forum! He gets power you are doomed, he can close and shut all your threads, delete your posts or worse off even ban you. And all you could do is try and contact the authority above him.
In another situation, your hosting company has ‘power’ over your websites. They can ruin your business in a single ban. The thing is that if you have power and you have issues with someone – you can literally destroy them. When people start getting power they often misuse them and they get more wilder with each passing day. Is there anything you can do? I doubt so.
Even if it were a game you were playing online, you will find the people with power controlling a aspect of the game. Everyone will listen to these people weather they are right or wrong. And if you were to fall in there way then you will make more enemies faster then you can say ‘huh?’
The higher you go the greater you fall
Just to remind you that, karma is unavoidable. If you abuse your powers then your going to get hit back some day even harder. There is no escape to the ill-fate you have to face.
Take real life examples. People with power who misuse them or are corrupted often end of in a bad situation. You can find information about dictators and rulers, who often exercised the power they had wrongfully. In the end people stood up against them and they had to face a sudden decline.
The lesson you should learn is that, the higher you go the greater you will fall. If you have powers then use the for the good and betterment of the society, of yourself and of the ones you love. But at the same time making sure that your luxuries aren’t costing someone there career. Keep in mind, karma is unavoidable and when it comes to you, the situation will be painful. So why be bad?
How to fight corruption
If you are a victim of corruption then you need to face the truth. There might not always be ways to prevent power abusing and corruption, because most power abusers don’t do it alone. They form rings and groups among each other to abuse to a greater extent.
However there are always ways to fight and stop corruption. One such way is exposing the corrupted. Expose them to the world, report them to the police or any authority that you think can help you and are not involved. But keep in mind that you will need enough proof to back your statement, it’s a sad truth that people with power can also bribe anyone to work for them and create their own paths for you to follow.
It may be different depending on your locality, the country, your culture and your professional and personal lives. But people with power are dangerous and its your responsibility that you play safe.
In the end, most of us become power abusers as well when we get some power too. This is how it spread. If you had power then i would advice you to stick to your areas where the powers are needed. Don’t exercise them unnecessarily or use your professional powers with personal ones. Play safe and don’t do bad. And if your surrounded by corrupts then be careful, because the bad effects of these people are likely to hit you as well.
I will take the leave now, but i think i have warned you about the people with powers and why you need to be careful. Good day,
SJ
hi meet again.. first i want to say bravo! I like it. but the fact is.. nice guy always finish last, or even end in a coffin. after the money make this entire world mad, no other way, be a mad too or take a step way far. I know we need the money. but.. relax i know who have the authority above everything
keep da faith sj.. and keep da spirit to blog.
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hey thanks for the that ^^
i am bit busy in real, we got the holy month as well. So am not able to blog as often, but i promise it won’t be long till i am back:D
cheers
its good to have a power and money in your hands, but you need to maintain balance it with your personal things, these things should not interfere to your policies and way of living, you need to know how to use both of them properly.
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