50 Examples of Personal Power

John Spacey, May 10, 2023

Personal power is the ability to exert direction and control over your own life. This also involves influencing others and achieving results in the real world. Personal power is a broad concept centered around a sense of agency, confidence, drive, resilience and a commitment to overcome obstacles. The following are examples of personal power.

Accountability	Ambition
Assertiveness	Attention to detail
Bias for action	Big picture thinking
Bouncing back from failure	Breaking through personal limitations
Calculated risk taking	Candor
Collaboration	Competitive drive
Confidence	Cooperation
Courage	Creativity
Curiosity	Decisiveness
Demanding high standards of yourself	Determination
Establishing positive habits	Establishing rapport
Facing fears	Focusing on what you can control
Goal-setting	Gratitude
Humility	Initiative
Inspiration	Introspection
Learning from failure	Mental focus
Motivation	Not easily self-satisfied
Optimism	Perseverance
Positive attitude	Pragmatism
Realism	Relationship building
Resilience	Resourcefulness
Responsibility	Self-awareness
Self-control	Self-direction
Time management	Willingness to jump-through hoops
Willpower	Work ethic

Personal power may require strengths that are often opposing such as attention to detail and big picture thinking or optimism and realism. This can be described as cognitive flexibility whereby you are able to direct your thinking to meet the demands of the moment. If a strategy is failing, a big-picture realistic sanity check may be in order. If you are delivering work for an important customer, attention to detail may be required.

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