Power affects our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and even physiology in fundamental ways that directly facilitate or obstruct our presence, our performance, and the very course of our lives. When we feel powerless, we cannot be present. In a way, presence is power — a special kind of power that we confer on ourselves. (Recall Julianne Moore’s observation when I asked her about presence: “It’s power. It’s always about power, isn’t it?
