Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook model of THE ENERGY Paradox by Dacher Keltner, go through by Kaleo Griffith.

A concise, paradigm-shifting account of the power dynamics that form everyday life – from your board room to the dining room table, the playground to the bedroom

The Machiavellian view of power like a coercive force is one of the deepest currents inside our culture, yet new psychological research reveals this vision to become dead wrong. Influence is gained rather through social intelligence and empathy – but ironically the seductions of power make us eliminate the very qualities that produced us powerful in the first place. By sketching on fascinating case studies that debunk longstanding myths, Dacher Keltner illuminates this ‘power paradox’, disclosing how it designs not just boardrooms and elections but everyday interactions, and affects whether or not we will have an affair, break the law or find our purpose in existence.