By Derrick Brown (follow on Twitter @dbrowndbrown)
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Dear Hannah,
Power is the ability to work efficiently - that is, via wise and skillful use of resources, interests, communication, and expertise.
In our world, power is confused with authority.
Those in authority have the *right* to exercise power, and the *responsibility* to exercise it on behalf of people.
When power is instead exercised *against* people, it will be taken away.
When power is exercised *on behalf of* people, it will be multiplied.
Power is the ability to work efficiently - that is, via wise and skillful use of resources, interests, communication, and expertise.
In our world, power is confused with authority.
Those in authority have the *right* to exercise power, and the *responsibility* to exercise it on behalf of people.
When power is instead exercised *against* people, it will be taken away.
When power is exercised *on behalf of* people, it will be multiplied.
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"Power"
By Derrick Brown
November 15, 2016
tradition
and change
the exchange
sounds kinda strange
but status quo
wasn't always so
something had to come
something had to grow
someone had to know
how to make it so
how to aim high
how to lay em low
how to handle foe
how to take a blow
how to stow & go
how to stitch & sew
how to cut & mow
how to swim & row
how to handle woe
how to handle "doh"!
how to handle dough
how to never owe
how to do it slow
... be thorough
how to ebb & flow
how to give a show
how to tell 'em "whoa"
how to tell 'em "no"
how to tell 'em "yo"
tell 'em like a pro
how to shovel snow
how to eat crow
real long time ago
... got the memo
that I don't know
... and was solo
couldn't say "hello"
... and would tiptoe
... and would no-show
... and would borrow
gifts all in escrow
... effort hollow
... average below
quick to veto
changed up my tempo
my m.o.
my workflow
learned to bestow
ordered up a combo
... of my cargo
gifts - presto!
greasy elbow
knowledge primo
verbal ammo
... verbal judo
memory photo
think macro
... think micro
reading rainbow
silver shadow
got up on tableau
was like "uh-oh"
map the metro
city borough
got a new gizmo
and it's good, bo!
robbie crusoe
mission juno
got me a trio
no joe schmoe
no clouseau
no mo uno
no mo friendly foe
bye, bozo
jokers had to go
like soul glo
got a new stylo
and some gusto
and some cashflow
not the lotto
soothe like aloe
nice jazz flow
smooth audio
on the radio
spit like a griot
right ratio
Garry Trudeau
good promo
write like Cicero
no politico
humble ego
no plateau
move like a maestro
or a backhoe
not finished, though
with the bio
Love,
Daddy
Daddy
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