Desire for power is a basic human instinct. But few people achieve it — or at least a great deal of it.
In his book "Power: Why Some People Have It — And Others Don't," Stanford business professor Jeffrey Pfeffer tells us why we should want it, and how to go about getting it.
Most of us willingly give up power, or ruin our chances of ever getting it by never even trying (it's called the self-handicapping principal).
