Your Hidden Power

True power isn’t wealth, titles, or job security.
It’s simpler and far more powerful.
The ability to choose your response.
It’s using reason when everything else pushes you to react.

Viktor Frankl held onto this power even inside a concentration camp.
If he could find meaning there, what’s stopping us from using it in our careers and daily lives?

Here’s a simple framework to uncover your hidden power:

1. Map Constraints – Name where you feel powerless: deadlines, budgets, layoffs, conflicts. Naming makes them less abstract.
2. Spot Micro-Choices – Within each constraint, ask: What’s still in my control?
3. Audit Reactions – Did you react emotionally or reason through it? That’s your hidden power at work.
4. Reframe as Strength – Ask: If this were an advantage, how could I use it? Constraints often create clarity.
5. Act with Intention – Turn one micro-choice into daily action. Small steps compound into resilience.

Example: A Layoff

• You can’t change the decision.
• But you can control your story, your prep, and your outreach.
• You can choose anger or composure.
• You can turn it into a reset, an industry switch, or that long-delayed side project.
• Each day, one step forward builds momentum.

Power isn’t eliminating uncertainty.
It’s mastering choices within it.

Question for you: When life corners you, how will you use your hidden power?