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There is a management theory that discusses the forms of power that people have over others. The five types are:

• Coercive: Where you punish the other person.
• Legitimate: Where you have been given (or paid to have) real authority over someone.
• Referent: Where you have power because of the people you know.
• Expert: Where you have power because you are skilled and the other person isn’t.
• Reward: Where you positively motivate the other person.

The highest power I believe is Expert power; with Reward and Coercion being the lower forms.

Rewarding someone is temporary, often they will try to abuse your system to receive as much benefit as possible; and Coercive power causes reactance (Hostility).

The next two are also limited; Legitimate power often comes with rules and responsibilities that you must follow and while Referent is pretty useful (Having connections is important in the business world) the source of power is still external.

Expert power is the kind that brings you reverence, where people will believe and do as you say.

Achieving expert power requires dedication and practice to your skill. It also requires overcoming fear and egotism.

Then you have the strongest form of power. But as the Teachings of Don Juan states: self-interested beings  (Such as humans) are corrupted by power. To overcome this corruption is to reach an enlightened state of the soul. It means one has become a man of knowledge.