She was still conscious so her grieving daughter and I prepared for a bedside vigil. I phoned the chairman of elders, and asked him to arrange for a different person to come each hour. They did, and he himself was there at 4 a.m. when the lady died.
History is about power.
All behaviour, says Adler, has something to do with striving for power. Here we'll assume power is neutral, but is directed to good or evil ends. Essentially power is the ability to get things done. Authority is power conferred by an institution. Leadership is getting things done through others.