Own Your Personal Power | Alice Walker quotes | Find her on Amazon.
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
Funny how we trust Google to answer our life problems, but not ourselves.
We will
- Google symptoms before listening to our body.
- Binge productivity hacks before asking ourselves what we actually want.
- Watch a hundred TED talks on confidence—while silently shrinking in rooms we deserve to speak in.
Asking for a raise? Set a boundary? Resolve a conflict?
We believe we are “not ready” yet.
And just like that, power slips—not because someone stole it.
But because we handed it over. Silently. Repeatedly.
Why we Lose Personal Power?
Most power doesn’t vanish—we hand it over.
One hesitation at a time.
One “maybe I’m not ready” at a time.
One “what if they think…” at a time.
Somewhere along the way, “power” became a performance. We wait for titles to validate our ideas.
A checklist: loud voice, big job title, executive chair, preferably in leather.
Our personal power does not need any validation. It is something that we have in ourselves.
Our power lies in the pause before the easy yes. The courage in the uncomfortable no. Asking for help without shame. Choosing rest when hustle is trending. The email we write, the boundary we draw, the break we take without guilt.
Remember
Next time, you hesitate. Shrink. Apologize for existing.
Pause—and choose differently.
Notice all the tiny, invisible ways we leak power every day—through hesitation, self-doubt, and silence. And to start reclaiming it—quietly, intentionally, unapologetically.
That’s the shift. That’s the win. That is your personal power, as Alice Walker mentions.
If this made you reflect, share it with someone who needs this reminder today.
