Power trips can be difficult.

Especially when they come from people who have authority in your life.

More when it's YOU!

Yeah I said it!

Mr. Perfect.

Good news though.

They can be treated simply by understanding:

Power trips come from a misunderstanding between CONTROL and RESPONSIBILITY ... with a lack of TRUST in there for good measure.

This switch causes a person to micro-manage or be overly agressive with others.

The pursuit of goals leads to task-orientation that is so narrowly focused the person typically isn't aware of (or doesn't care about) those they hurt around them.

This happened in the military ALL THE TIME when I was serving.

It was a systemic issue that arose with top-down leadership.

Why?

Because Non-Commissioned Officers had FREE REIGN to:

give orders

yell at

and belittle lower enlisted with no consequence

... for the most part.

Heck, I did it as soon as I made my stripes.

Until I was taught a better way.

To be tenacious and obsessive may be a great characteristic at times.

But not to be invasive, obnoxious, perfectionistic, rigid, close-minded, irritable or critical.

Any of these sound familiar?

Other contributing factors to Power trips include:

The good news is that Power trips are not “hard” character traits that are very difficult to change. They are just learned behavior that is “easy” to unlearn with a little self-discipline, vulnerability, and time.

Here's the key:

You need to realize that control is an illusion. You have none.

You could literally have a brain aneurism right now. Or go into cardiac arrest.

So chill out about micro-managing everything.

Instead: