A lot of people want power but don’t know the best use for it. #fyp #storytime #tiktokstories #Love #work #leadership #kindness

A long time ago, the first white color job I ever got, we used to wear suits to the office, suits and ties. And I wasn't making any money, and I had one terrible suit. And nothing could quite make you look as bad as an ill-fitting suit, it just makes you look shifty. So I was technically observing the dress code, but I looked like I was on (beep) and one day this VP pulls me aside, and he says, you look like (beep) so I want you to go to a really good store and get two very good suits, and I will help you expense them a little at a time as client lunches. I didn't work for this guy, but he was good to his word, and I got some nice suits, and I actually look kind of snappy, and I met my wife and one of those suits. Later, when I sort of dug into how they actually got paid for it, yeah, I found out he had just covered him out of his own pocket. So I made up my mind, I was gonna go to work for that cat, and I worked very hard for him. After a while, he gave me a nice fat promotion, and a big raise, but he didn't tell me. He called my house, and he told my wife, so she could tell me. And he really laid it on thick about how much he relied on me, and how, you know, a place. And he told her about the money, and when I got home, I mean, it was a great evening. So I rolled into the office the next day, and my boss wanted to hear all about it. And I wish he could have seen the look on his face. He was more excited about it than I was. He was always doing cool stuff like that, but the promotion gag, that was absolutely his favorite thing. And he was always pushing people to get more training, and learn new skills, and do bigger projects, just so he could promote them. And they would get promoted, all right, to other bosses, and sometimes go to other companies. But none of us ever forgot, oh, we were his people. And he was a very ambitious guy. He really was, and he got to be a big hitter. Because the thing that gave him more joy than anything was using power to make life more amazing for his team. Make us feel like we mattered to him. The power comes from people. And when people love you, that's superpower. Best trick he ever pulled, by the way, was when I got a job at a different company. And they showed me my new office. There were three frame pictures of him on my desk.