Living in the Power Zone

How Right Use of Power Can Transform Your Relationships

By Cedar Barstow & Reynold Ruslan Feldman
Boulder, CO: Many Realms Publishing, 2013, 180 pp.
ISBN-13: ​978-0-9743746-3-5
A popular handbook to train the general public in using their power wisely and well
Once upon a time there were two leaders, a kindly one and a mean one. The mean one was privately tutored by a scholar who loved the Renaissance ideas of Niccolò Machiavelli. According to this tutor, there were two things every sensible leader should do—gain power, increase power, and maintain the personal benefits achieved by power. The kindly leader, meantime, was privately tutored by a scholar who loved the ideas of Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch contemporary of the Italian Machiavelli. According to this tutor, there was only one thing every sensible leader should do—use power for the benefit and well-being of his or her followers… In an age increasingly characterized by democracy, each of us must learn to use our power better for the greatest good of all. That’s the proposition on which this book is based.
Chapters:
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  1. Owning Your Power and Influence
  2. Negotiating Power Differences
  3. Increasing Your Awareness and Sensitivity
  4. Living in the Power Zone
  5. Strengthening Your Core
  6. Resolving and Repairing Interpersonal Difficulties
  7. Overcoming Barriers to Power
  8. Leading Wisely and Well
Eight chapters covering such important topics as owning the power you have, negotiating power differences, strengthening your core, resolving and repairing interpersonal difficulties, overcoming barriers to empowerment, and leading wisely and well.  Self-study processes are included in a special section.

​Is this the right book for you? Yes, this is a book about right uses of power for everyone. It is a practical how-to book that will help you understand and successfully navigate the rapids of real-world relationship and organizational power; in short, to live in the Power Zone.