Why You Think, Work, Love, and Act the Way You Do . But the traits and behaviors of the Aggressive personality type are not so inflexible and maladaptive or the cause of such significant subjective distress or functional impairment as to constitute Sadistic personality disorder . It is my opinion that the ideal type which is described above is best characterized as aggressive, and that the Aggressive personality type represents the pervasive and enduring pattern of the personalities of the people listed below better than any other type. Jonestown Tragedy - Jim Jones . Power is the intentional influence over the beliefs, emotions, and behaviors of people.
Potential power is the capacity to do so, but kinetic power is the act of doing so.
If you made Jimmy believe, feel, or do what you had wanted him to believe, feel, or do, or prevented him from what he had wanted to believe, feel, or do, you would have then have exercised power over him in that particular episode. One person exerts power over another to the degree that he is able to exact compliance as desired. No power is exhibited without an empowering response. The techniques of eliciting empowering responses of the kind and at the same time desired from targeted individuals constitute the craft of power. R. G. H. Siu, The Craft of Power .