Lenny Distilled

Power is a skill, not a personality trait

Craft → Career Growth

These are skills that can be mastered. This is not about personality. These are skills, everything we've talked about, networking, showing up, all these things. These are skills that can be learned.

Jeffrey PfefferThe paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career
Supporting

No one is going to promote Lenny if they don't know who the hell you are. You cannot choose what is not in your head.

Jeffrey PfefferThe paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career
Supporting

If you think this is uncomfortable, or if you think you're not skilled at this, get coaching. It's hard to do anything on your own.

Jeffrey PfefferThe paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career
With caveats

If you 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.

Jeffrey PfefferThe paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career
With caveats

You can have power or you can have autonomy, but you cannot have both.

Jeffrey PfefferThe paths to power: How to grow your influence and advance your career