All power comes from the power to choose. You have the seed of greatness within you. Don't settle for anything less. It is one thing to be aware of consequences. It is another thing entirely to try to motivate through fear.
Fear is love without awareness.
No truth is complete when presented through fear. Thoreau says, any fool can make a rule. A wise man can follow even a fool's rules, and remain enlightened. I have split my enlightenment into small pieces, and thrown it to the winds. I have given it to the authority who tells me what is right to believe, to the driver who annoys me on the road, to the sister or brother who I believe I must compete with for my parents' love.