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Dear readers, dear readers,
I’m Morgan Miele, the editor-in-chief of Madame Figaro, responsible for business affairs. For fourteen years, I have studied issues related to women’s professional lives, helping them overcome obstacles, move forward without sacrificing everything, but also establish their impact and influence on the world of tomorrow. I wanted, after all these years, all these articles, to go to the other side of the mirror. To say “I” to you, to weave the thread of a more direct conversation with you. I can’t invite you all to coffee, but the spirit is there. Welcome to this newsletter, this space of expression designed for you that you will find every two weeks. Do not hesitate to answer me, write me, suggest ways of reflection to develop together.
Vital and internal energy Maria Stavreva, Getty Images.
That’s what you might call a revelation. This slightly suspended moment when suddenly everything becomes clear. Where the hitherto confused, nebulous mind revolves around the keystone. This happened to me recently when I was teaching a business master class on the idea of ”how to be one step ahead?” As the three guests debated trying to describe as accurately as possible this long mental process that leads to the feeling of being in the right direction, one of them, the philosopher and writer Julia de Funes, passionately decided:
Conviction from deep inside
Of course, setting a path with foresight first requires gathering as much information as possible. Don’t be blinded by common cognitive biases. To assess his share of the risk. But above all, he continued, it requires being able to align his decisions with his values and affirm his beliefs. “We all have this potential in us,” concluded the philosopher. This is what Nietzsche calls the “will to power.” It is the opposite of the will to power, which generally consists in “getting the better of” the other person. Will power is a deep conviction, a vital and inner energy, a personal radiance that makes a person want what he wants and mean what he says. It’s courage to be yourself.”
Suddenly everything became clear. sorry, can’t think of another word. I finally understood what I have been trying to formulate much less clearly in my articles for many years. When I wrote: “Access to positions of power, yes, but for what?” Or when we decided to promote a new generation of leaders in our columns, where this ambition to rise to the top resides to champion a cause greater than themselves. I think that being “aligned” with the project allows you to grow with it, overcome obstacles more “organically”, preserve your creative energy.
Magnetic effect
If conflicting forces collide within us, Nietzsche explains, it is the hierarchy of these forces that tells us who we are and, when we know how to listen to it, allows us to transcend ourselves. To ward off sad passions too. From this alignment is born a force that destroys everything in its path. unites through membership, where power isolates; and weaves around him a whole network of initiatives, desires, talents, a momentum that helps him face reality and accept uncertainty, sitting well on its foundation. The power, the power emanating from it, is equal to all powers. I hope I never forget it…
My diagnosis.
If you also want to unleash your power, you can:
– Reread Nietzsche. Or not 😉
– Define the values that are most important to you. As psychiatrist François Bourgognon explains in his book Don’t let your life end before it begins (Editions First), being in harmony with one’s values is the secret to a happy and meaningful life.
– “Develop in yourself the desire to win, not in the sense of performance, but rather of always creating, constantly surpassing oneself. (…) Entering the plane not because of the vertical authority, but because of the attitude, the appetite for creativity, the approach to the usefulness of the activity, the approach to others and the program, which goes beyond the simple fact of driving. business”. Marion Dariotor, c Time for pop leaders! (Ed. Arshaluysi).
– Encourage creativity around you. Because the power of some feeds the power of others.
– Choose your reason. He who speaks (also) of you.
– Learn to love the unexpected, as recommended. Life always has more imagination than we do, and sometimes that’s good news.
Three mantras to meditate on before the next letter:
“I am what I am» Gloria Gaynor
“Where there is thought, there is power.” Victor Hugo
“Conviction is the human will brought to its greatest strength.” Honore de Balzac
Source: Le Figaro
