Most People Secretly Crave Influence and Control

Ajouté : 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Humans by our nature, we want power.

[00:00:03]>> [music] >> The feeling that you have no control is just that we define the word power in the wrong way. [music] We think of power as some sort of dark force out there.

[00:00:12]When you're growing up in your family, when you've got siblings and a parent, you want more attention. You want [music] mother and father to look at you. You want the teacher to recognize you.

[00:00:22]Um you want to be able [music] to have influence over your parents and over your friends. You want power. You want a [music] degree of control. The feeling that you have from a very early age that you have no power warps, it makes you neurotic, drives you absolutely [music] crazy.