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{{quote|{{Power versus strength quote}}
:— James P Carse, {{br|Finite and Infinite Games}} }}
There are many gems in [[James P. Carse]]’s masterwork (almost all of them missed by [[Simon Sinek]]’s threadbare cash-in, {{Br|Infinite Games}}, by the way) but the distinction he draws between power and strength is fantastic.


Think of power as accumulated, finite resource; a ''historical'' acquisition that is depleted by use, the way a battery loses its charge or a hydro-dam runs out of water.
Strength is prospective: it regenerates energy rather than using it; is somehow anti-fragile, a muscle that grows the more you exercise it and give of it. There is a good word for it in Maori: ''mana''.
The personal sacrifices one makes in the name of a wider cause; the good deeds you do when no-one sees, without asking for return the time and effort expended to acquire skills and experience: these give ''strength'' not power.
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