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EDITORIALFEATURE

The 7 Areas of Power Needed  

in Order to Succeed                  
By Dr. John Demartini

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here are seven areas of power that everyone
needs to fulfill in order to succeed or else they
will become overpowered by others:

1. Spiritual mission
2. Mental genius and creativity
3. Vocational success, achievement, and service
4. Financial freedom/independence
5. Family love, intimacy, and continuance of
procreation
6. Social influence and leadership
7. Physical health, stamina, strength, and well-being
If we don’t have empowerment in any of these
seven areas, we will become overpowered by others. We are not victims of the ones overpowering
us; we are simply not empowered. It is their empowerment that in turn initiates and is a catalyst
to our drive for inner-empowerment. I have yet
to meet anyone who did not want to expand their
powers in each of these areas. No one gets up and
honestly says that they want to shrink in power.

powered by other nations or groups. This applies
to nations just as it applies to individuals. The will
to power and empowerment, although assumed
to be about race, creed, color, age, or sex isn’t in
fact limited by these factors.There is always somebody from each race, creed, color, age, or sex who
empowers their lives and is not overpowered. It’s
all about empowering.
The first step in empowering each of these areas is education. Success leaves clues and those
individuals as w [\