Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:00):
We're going to be talking about how to grow your power.
Jeffrey Pfeffer (00:00:02):
The reason why you should pay attention to this is because it leads to a lot of good things, salary, getting promoted, being happy in your career, being less stressed.
Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:11):
You're not describing how the world should work. This is just how it is.
Jeffrey Pfeffer (00:00:15):
Not only is, but how it was and how it will be.
Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:20):
The Seven Rules of Power, get out of your own way, break the rules, show up in a powerful fashion, create a powerful brand, network relentlessly, use your power, and understand that once you've acquired power, what you did to get there will be forgiven, forgotten, or both.
Jeffrey Pfeffer (00:00:32):
This is not about personality. These are skills they can be mastered.
Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:35):
People might be hearing this and they're like, "I don't want to be this person."
Jeffrey Pfeffer (00:00:38):
Well, you already have done a fabulous job of illustrating principle one. That is one way to get in our own way. If I think power is dirty, the first thing that's going to happen is I'm not going to do what I need to do to be successful in my career.
Lenny Rachitsky (00:00:52):
The opening quote to your book that I have here, if you want power to be used for good, more good people need to have power.
Jeffrey Pfeffer (00:00:58):
That's exactly right.
Lenny Rachitsky (00:01:03):
Today, my guest is Jeffrey Pfeffer. Jeffrey is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford's graduate School of Business, and teaches one of the two most popular and oversubscribed courses in all of the MBA program, called the Paths to Power. The other class, by the way, is Touchy-Feely, which we dove into last month. In his class and in his recent book, the Seven Rules of Power, Jeffrey teaches the things that you can do in your life and in your work to build your power, and through that get things do...