Power vs. Force
by David R. Hawkins
Mentioned 3 times across 2 shows · first heard Sep 2025 on Digital Social Hour.
The general take
The My First Million host credits Power vs. Force by David Hawkins for introducing him to ideas about persuasion and influence that transformed how they approached life. What impressed him most wasn't just the book's concepts, but seeing someone actually live by those principles in a way he didn't realize was achievable.
About
The publication of Power vs. Force by Sir David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., reveals to the general public secret information heretofore only shared by the author with certain Nobelists and world leaders. Analyzing the basic nature of human thought and consciousness itself, the author makes available to everyone the key to penetrating the last barrier to the advancement of civilization and science and resolving the most crucial of all human dilemmas: how to instantly determine the truth or falsehood of any statement or supposed fact. All human endeavors have the common goal of understanding or influencing human experience. To this end, man has developed numerous descriptive and analytical disciplines: morality, philosophy, psychology, and so on.
Who said what
- MF
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…key books that mohnish recommended to his friend guy spear that shaped his thinking
“You introduced me to Power vs. Force by David Hawkins and to Gandhi's autobiography, The Story of My Experiments with Truth. We discussed Robert Cialdini's influence, the psychology of persuasion. But what struck me was that you had not merely read about these ideas, you had put them into practice in your own life in a way that I did not even know was possible.”
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…consciousness scale framework for measuring energy vibrations and emotional states
“There's like a scale, um, that, um, Dawkins came up with and he has a book called power versus force and this amazing book and he has this consciousness scale and it's like zero to a thousand. And, um, you know, way up there, I mean, obviously love joy, but like gratitude.”
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Jerry Wise💬 Mentioned
…discussing how parents use force instead of power in discipline
“There's a great book called Power Versus Force, you know. And they still practice the old force approach. And it just isn't effective.”
Digital Social Hour — Jerry Wise: Stop Carrying Guilt: How to Reclaim Your True Self | DSH #1535at 21:17
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