Originally Posted by
David Jamieson
happy? I'm not sure what happy has todo with it.
we are talking about the nature of power and not the nature of contentment.
one can be content in any number of ways, but does being happy effect change in the world?
being happy is often a selfish motivation. :p not that it has to be, but it can be.
being powerful is an entirely differnet ball of wax. apples and oranges.
successful? what is your goal? did you achieve it? if so then you are successful, if not, then you have failed. You will fail more often than you succeed. But this has nothing to do with power. it may be tied to it in some way, but often it is not about the selfish things such as contentment and happiness so much as it is about being an agent of change.