Wanna know why power is important and why owning it changes your entire life? This post is dedicated to showing you why personal power isn’t just a ‘nice-to-have’, but an actual non-negotiable if you want to be taken seriously, feel respected, stay in control, and truly live life on your own terms.
Ever felt dismissed, overruled, or like your choices don’t even seem to matter? It’s not because you do not deserve to experience autonomy. It’s because you haven’t claimed it. People who stay in the realm of powerlessness usually get treated like shit. They get sidelined, steamrolled, and controlled by those who know how to take up space. Overachievers, in particular, struggle with this. We want to do the right thing, we don’t want to step on somebody’s toes!? But we also want to be self-sufficient, hate feeling powerless and get our shit done! Unfortunately, most of us still give our power away for the sake of keeping peace with the bullies. And then we wonder why people are so indecent, and keep walking all over us.
What you’re going to learn is how power changes the game: how it earns you respect, protects you from being dictated what to do, gives you full access to your own resources, and makes you feel more self-reliant. Power isn’t something to fear. It’s not going to corrupt you. It’s not about control over others, it’s about full command over yourself.
After you have learned to step into your personal power, you’ll stop feeling at the mercy of external forces. You’ll stand firm in your decisions, have complete autonomy over your time, money, energy and other resources, and move through life knowing no one gets to dictate what’s yours anymore.
This post is all about why power is important, so you can stop getting bulldozered and start calling the shots in your own life. It’s time to gain complete autonomy over your time, money, energy and other resources.
Why Power Is Important
Personal power is about true ownership. Not the toxic, corrupting, I own you. Power has gotten a bad reputation because of dominant people always being after it. But dominants are usually after power, because they want to control others. And YES, that’s a very corrupting bad thing! However, there is a positive form of power. Can you guess it? It’s about wanting to have control over your OWN life. Not to control others. Just. Stay in charge of yours.
It’s very popular nowadays to believe that every person should have an equal amount of power. However, just by being born into a different country with different artificial and natural resources, you can already see how this is an impossible task to accomplish. And like it or not, people don’t treat everyone the same. They respond to power dynamics, whether conscious of it or not. I know, and I’m sorry; this can be a bitter pill to swallow in an age that preaches equality.
If you don’t learn how to take ownership over your own life, I can guarantee you: someone else will step in and take the lead. I can not tell you why this happens, but it’s like it’s a magnetic law. And that’s why power is important. It’s not about wanting dominance and control. It’s about making sure no one controls you.
Power Leads To Being Treated With Decency & Respect
Think of all those wonderful beings that just get treated like shit because they are welfare mothers or blue collar workers! It’s not that they don’t deserve to be treated better. Of course they do! But powerless individuals get dismissed, overridden and treated as afterthoughts, because dominant personalities can smell the lack of resistance. And the dominant operate by one mantra only: It’s all about what a man can, and what a man can’t do. Aka: How much power you have.
Martin Luther King Jr. said it best: ‘Those who love peace must organize as effectively as those who love war’. We can not afford to take a step back and fear power, because those who ‘love war’ will steal your lunch. If you want to be seen, heard, and respected, you need to own what’s yours. That means owning your resources, your decisions, your problems and your identity!
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Owning personal power means understanding your personality so well that nobody can shake your confidence. It means taking control of your finances, your time, and your boundaries instead of waiting for someone to grant you permission.
Respect doesn’t come from being ‘nice’ or agreeable. It comes from being unshakable. When you own your power, people think twice before they mess with you. You’re a force to be reckoned with. Not a pawn to be pushed around.
Power Prevents Being Controlled By The Dominant
If YOU don’t have control over your own life, someone else will. It’s sad but true. People who stay in a submissive, powerless stance inevitably become pawns to those who are willing to take charge. And dominant personalities? They just love an easy target.
This is why power is a form of protection. When you own your decisions, nobody can take them away from you. When you step into that ‘driver’s seat’, nobody else gets to steer. If you’re afraid of power because it seems ‘bad’ or ‘corrupting’, please think of it as driving or directing the road to be taken. Power isn’t the problem. Misuse of power is. And the best way to protect yourself from toxic people is to become so grounded in your autonomy that their tactics don’t work on you.
Think of it this way: if you don’t claim ownership of your ship, some overbearing control freak will show up and declare themselves the ‘Commodore of Your Life’. But when you stand your ground, it doesn’t have the same effect. It results in them backing off. Because power protects.
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Power Gives You The Ability To Do Whatever You Want
Ever noticed how powerful people don’t ask for permission? That’s because they don’t have to. For instance: Why would you ask if you can take the car out, if you own it? When you have full control over your own resources, you have the freedom to make choices without outside interference.
Take financial power, for example. A woman who earns her own money but lets her husband control it? That’s not true autonomy (unless of course, she wholeheartedly, consciously chose to do so). That’s giving your power away! While some partnerships work this way by conscious choice, many don’t.
If you give your power away and don’t own your resources, someone else will. The same applies to your time, attention, and energy. Without personal power, you’ll find yourself constantly answering to someone else’s agenda. Whether it’s a boss, a partner, or just pushy people who assume your niceness & availability is up for grabs.
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Toxic corrupting power is about controlling others. Healthy power is about wanting to control your own life. And of course, it’s about keeping others from controlling you. If you want to move through life without needing permission slips, own your personal power. Own your resources and decisions, and everything else that’s truly yours. Because when you own what’s yours? That gives you the power to do whatever you want (within laws and moral constructs, would be appreciated)
Power Makes You More Self-Reliant
Overachievers have quite the reputation for resenting dependence. The thought of needing someone makes them itchy. And while hyper-independence can be a trauma-response, the underlying instinct isn’t wrong. Because the more power you have, the less you have to rely on others. And this, again, isn’t only a form of protection, but also a form of freedom.
Now, before you go full lone-wolf mode, let’s clear some things up. Asking for help is a true power move. But the difference is that when you have personal power, help becomes an option, not a necessity. Instead of having to beg a friend, you can just hire a mover. Power gives you options. It’s about what a man can, and what a man can’t do, remember? Because more options mean more choices and therefore, more freedom.
Here’s the very best part. When you own your personal power, you’re not just self-reliant. You’re strategically independent. You can stand on your own without isolating yourself. You can ask for help without feeling any desperation. And when you integrate power with healthy boundaries, power stops being a burden and starts being a game-changer.
Why Power Is Important (Summary)
Power isn’t a dirty word. It’s not about dominating others. It’s about refusing to be dominated and having control over your own life. When you gain power, you get treated with respect, you stop being controlled, gain full access to your own resources, and you become strong enough to stand on your own.
The best part? You don’t have to wait for it. You can claim it right now! Stop apologizing for your autonomy, personality and decisiveness. You have the right to call the shots over your own life. Stop giving your power away. Stop waiting for permission to live life on your terms. Own it!
This post was all about why power is important, so you can stop getting bulldozered and start calling the shots in your own life. It’s time to gain complete autonomy over your time, money, energy and other resources.
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