Seek to empower, not power

Great leaders speak to the hope and fears of the masses. They touch a need and provide a solution that is longed for. The danger comes when they seek power, rather than to empower. When they take the burden of the masses on their shoulders and promise to lead them out of trouble with little responsibility upon the masses for where they are. It is dangerous to lead others and not make them responsible for their lives. When the leader seeks power to control they risk leading everyone down a path of peril and destruction in which all pay a price.

To empower is far better than to seek power. One builds up the egos in a massive deception of all concerned and the other hits at the source of the problem, personal responsibility. Anyone who seeks power, rather than to empower is headed for disaster.