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• Amazon Sales Rank: #425545 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-15
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Book Info
Business leaders and shamans share many important traits: the ability to solve problems, achieve goals, see the big picture, and forecast events. This book shares a new way of thinking about the nature of power. By applying shamanic traditions of power to the workplace, readers learn how to improve work relationships, understand employees' strengths and limitations. Softcover.

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I cannot judge this book as a book on shamanism, but as a business book it is very basic, to me personally, practically useless. As a book on power, it hardly scratches the surface. If you want to understand power, wether in politics, negotiation, business or in personal life, much better options would be two books by Robert L. Dilenschneider "On Power" and "Power and Influence", "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene and "Power Plays" by Robert Mayer. Hey, it seems that Roberts are the experts on power, or could it be some sort of covert shamanic plot? Hmm....

Powerful reference (ha ha)
Of all the leadership, business, motivation, women's empowerment, and new-age books I have read, this is the only one that I refer to nearly every day.

Regardless of how you feel about Shamanism, this book is an insightful guide to owning and maintaining your personal power. I pull it out whenever I'm having a rough or boring day and it helps me to refocus my efforts. After all, the Stevens define power as "potential" so what better time to develop that potential than when I'm not feeling so powerful? I always end up feeling stronger and more motivated after reading a few passages or doing some of the exercises.

I have always thought of Shamans as mystical "healers" who give and give, but now I am starting to see them more as Chiefs who lead and help others find their power. Trying to see difficult people and situations as having "potential" has greatly helped me to cope with frustration and feel more peaceful.

The Primate Path
I gather the point of this cliff notes for new age strivers is to draw an analogy between Power Monkey See, Power Monkey Do!
The Dr's "Phd's no less" That alone should make the working class
drop outs,Fast food asst. manager wannabe's feel as though the are getting advice from "a Genuine Doctor Person" Claim you can be more succsessfull by associating with the type of person you wish to be. Pigeon holeing men and women into several archtypes, wizard, wise woman,Prophet,Phd.and promising that they will be whom they wish/dress/associate with . Well case in point i'll give 1 example Oprah raised poor,she did not raise to her status in life trying to be a wasp pretending she REALLY found Monet divine, She was/is Genuine,Honest, no GAMES. If this method is so right? who are (...) I don't even recognize thier names nor the people that sing thier praies on thier book, but I must admit I haven't been in the"Peruvian Amazon Jungle"