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Podcast: Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure
Episode: #3577: The Rules Of Authority
Description: In this episode, I explain why authority is taken, not granted. I don’t believe people respect you because they like you or think you’re smart. They respect authority when resisting it would cost them more than accepting it. At a basic level, it’s about power and consequences, not feelings. People fall in line because it makes practical sense, not because they were persuaded.
Show Notes:
[02:47]#1 Any authority that you have must be enforced, not requested.
[11:46]#2 Consistency makes authority unavoidable.
[19:06]#3 Distance protects authority more than proximity.
[27:14]#4 Recap
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Power Presence is not taught.
It is enforced.
If you...