The PowerFreedom Paradox Power is freedom and freedom is power; the two usually go hand in hand. We have the freedom to say whatever we want, which therefore makes us powerful. Yet, power leads to less freedom and more responsibility. As a person achieves more power in #life or work, they take on more pressure with much more opportunity for everything to go wrong, which results in bigger consequences for themselves and others. They then have less freedom to have a carefree #life and less freedom to make mistakes without consequences, even if they wield more power in the grand scheme of things. On the face of it, power and freedom do go hand in hand. Yet there is a fair argument the other way round, depending on how we perceive power and freedom. I believe power is influence, and freedom is the unsuppressed means to achieve that power; as the two are so strong I think they must clash at some point... But i'd love to hear what everyone else thinks; is there a hidden power/ freedom paradox? Or am I simply reading too deeply into things? Comments and opinions are welcome muchly