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Love · 08-09-2008, 06:15 PM

So there's the line connecting love and power, which is part of Steve's triangle.

I think what I'm hearing is that time is important.

If you're base is at love and you start moving to power, you will start by influencing a few people strongly immediately and then gradually increase to work with more people.

If you're at power and then you work yourself to love, then as soon as you make one step down that line, you are affecting a lot of people, even though maybe your message won't be as strong initially.

In version one, wonderful college kid may grow to be quite a positive and powerful force, but the world is going to get that impact later. In version two, you will affect the most people in the quickest amount of time.

It brings up a question that was first posed to me my last year of college. A bunch of students and I were meeting with a group of people involved with non-profits for some info about the non-profit world. I remember this old guy, who looked at us intently, and asked us why take the non-profit help route instead of going the money first--help second route. He had taken the non-profit route but told us that if we didn't examine both of the paths, then we would be entering in the world without a clear picture of what you were trying to accomplish and how you would do it.

I think it comes down to personal preference, and that one of those preferences may be speed.

08-09-2008, 06:15 PM	#41 (permalink)
Love Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 512	So there's the line connecting love and power, which is part of Steve's triangle. I think what I'm hearing is that time is important. If you're base is at love and you start moving to power, you will start by influencing a few people strongly immediately and then gradually increase to work with more people. If you're at power and then you work yourself to love, then as soon as you make one step down that line, you are affecting a lot of people, even though maybe your message won't be as strong initially. In version one, wonderful college kid may grow to be quite a positive and powerful force, but the world is going to get that impact later. In version two, you will affect the most people in the quickest amount of time. It brings up a question that was first posed to me my last year of college. A bunch of students and I were meeting with a group of people involved with non-profits for some info about the non-profit world. I remember this old guy, who looked at us intently, and asked us why take the non-profit help route instead of going the money first--help second route. He had taken the non-profit route but told us that if we didn't examine both of the paths, then we would be entering in the world without a clear picture of what you were trying to accomplish and how you would do it. I think it comes down to personal preference, and that one of those preferences may be speed.