#3392: Why Most People Are Afraid Of True Power

Work On Your Game: Discipline, Structure, and Execution Under Pressure

Dre Baldwin

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode, I’m breaking down what true power really is and why most people are scared of it, even though they say they want it. I’ll explain what true power looks like, feels like, and the trade-offs that come with it. If you’ve been listening to me, you know there’s no perfect scenario, only trade-offs. Once you understand what power really means and the responsibility it brings, you’ll see why most people actually don’t want it. Let’s get into it. Show Notes: [01:40]#1 True power comes with an equal amount of responsibility and accountability for all things. [11:22]#2 When you have true power, you can't point the finger at anybody. [19:31]#3 When you have true power, you can actually do all the stuff that you have been thinking about and wishing you could do and talking about doing. [24:32]Recap Episodes Mentioned: 2174: There Are No Perfect Scenarios – Only Trade-Offs 1824: The "Race Hustler": Who, What, Why, And What To Do About Them Next Steps: 🎓 Work On Your Game University Get structured, get paid → WorkOnYourGameUniversity.com 📧 Dre’s Daily Emails (Free) Clarity. Strategy. Execution. → WorkOnMyGame.com 🤖 Chat with DreGPT AI that thinks like Dre → DreAllDay.com/AI 🎧 Free Audiobooks The Third Day → ThirdDayBook.com/audible Mirror Of Motivation → MirrorOfMotivation.com/audible 📚 Claim Your Free Books The Third Day → ThirdDayBook.com Mirror Of Motivation → MirrorOfMotivation.com Sales Discipline System → SalesDisciplineBook.com Overseas Basketball Blueprint → BallOverseas.com How To Play As Well As You Practice → HoopHandbook.com/Free 💵 Support the Show CashApp → Cash.app/$DreBaldwin 📱 Connect with Dre Instagram → Instagram.com/DreBaldwin TikTok → TikTok.com/@WorkOnYourGame YouTube → YouTube.com/DreAllDay Twitter / X → X.com/DreAllDay Facebook → Facebook.com/WorkOnYourGameUniversity 🎙 All Episodes + Archive → WorkOnYourGamePodcast.com

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0:00.0	If you have power in that area in which somebody else messed up, you're responsible for them messing up.
0:05.0	Why?
0:05.9	Because this is part of the trade-off.
0:07.3	This is part of the cost of having power.
0:12.8	Work on your game.
0:14.1	Work on your game.
0:15.1	Work on your game.
0:16.7	This is Drey Baldwin.
0:18.1	And Work on your game is the system that turns discipline into dominance.
0:22.7	Today's topic is, let's talk about true power and why most people are afraid of actually having true power.
0:31.8	First of all, we're going to get clear on what true power actually means so you'll understand in context why most people, even though they say they want it, they actually don't because of what comes with true power actually means. So you'll understand in context why most people, even though they say
0:37.9	they want it, they actually don't because of what comes with true power. And if you're a
0:43.1	consistent listener of what we do over here at work on your game, then you've heard me talk about
0:48.6	everything having a tradeoff. I didn't whole episode on this on episode 2174 and also episode
0:53.8	31.62 where I talked about the three laws of economics.
0:57.0	So the key three laws of economics.
0:58.6	And then in 2174 where I talked about the fact that there are no perfect scenarios, there are only tradeoffs.
1:04.4	Now, I'm going to explain to you what true power is.
1:07.2	I'm going to explain to you what it looks like, what it feels like, whether you have it or you have experienced it through seeing other people use it. You have at least seen it,
1:15.0	even if you have never actually had it. And while I would argue that most people probably think
1:19.8	that they want true power, power meaning having influence and having say and having control
1:24.8	over how things go in your own life. Most people would say that they want that.
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