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In a recent conversation with an entrepreneur, I became aware of the emotional toll she was experiencing. It was not the first time she had invested energy, time and emotion in an idea. Nor was it the first time she had encountered obstacles, prolonged deadlocks and difficult negotiations that ultimately ended in rejection. And yet, she kept going. I found myself admiring her resilience and what it demands: recovering from disappointment, rebuilding hope and exposing oneself

This article builds on ideas I first explored in Portuguese for Executiva, around a question that becomes increasingly relevant as leaders move into more senior roles: not whether they have power, but how they relate to the power they already exercise. Power fascinates, attracts, unsettles and sometimes frightens us. It is rarely neutral and almost never simple. There comes a point in a leadership career when our relationship with power changes, not necessarily because we sta