Acting with Power

Acting with Power
Author: Deborah Gruenfeld
Publisher: Currency
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 110190397X

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“A refreshing and enlightening new perspective on what it means to be powerful.”—Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet We all know what it looks like to use power badly. But how much do we really know about how to use power well? There is so much we get wrong about power: who has it, what it looks like, and the role it plays in our lives. Grounded in over two decades’ worth of scientific research and inspired by the popular class of the same name at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Acting with Power offers a new and eye-opening paradigm that overturns everything we thought we knew about the nature of power. Although we all feel powerless sometimes, we have more power than we tend to believe. Power exists in every relationship, not just at the top of big institutions. It isn’t merely a function of status or hierarchy, either. It’s about how much we are needed and how well we take care of other people. We often assume that power flows to those with the loudest voice or the most commanding presence. But, in fact, true power is often much quieter and more deferential than we realize. Moreover, it’s not just how much power we have but how we use it that determines how powerful we actually are. Actors aren’t the only ones who play roles for a living. We all make choices about how to use the power that comes with our given circumstances. We aren’t always cast in the roles we desire—or the ones we feel prepared to play. Some of us struggle to step up and be taken more seriously, while others have trouble standing back and ceding the spotlight. In Acting with Power, Deborah Gruenfeld shows how we can get more comfortable with power by adopting an actor’s mindset. Because power isn’t a personal attribute. It’s a part we play in someone else’s story.


Acting with Power
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Deborah Gruenfeld
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-06 - Publisher: Currency

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“A refreshing and enlightening new perspective on what it means to be powerful.”—Susan Cain, bestselling author of Quiet We all know what it looks like to
Acting Power
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Robert Cohen (Germanist, Regisseur)
Categories: Acting
Type: BOOK - Published: 1978 - Publisher:

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Acting Power
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Robert Cohen
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-05 - Publisher: Routledge

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‘Robert Cohen’s book, Acting Power, follows the tradition of his other book, Acting One, and has been the veritable bible for acting teachers for the last q
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Language: en
Pages:
Authors: ROBERT [1938- ]. COHEN
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1978 - Publisher:

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The Power of the Actor
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Ivana Chubbuck
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-08-18 - Publisher: Penguin

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In The Power of the Actor, a Los Angeles Times bestseller, premier acting teacher and coach Ivana Chubbuck reveals her cutting-edge technique, which has launche