What managers, leaders, and alphas always confront is the question of what to use. Should you use your status and power to display strength? Or do you show understanding and patient to show warmth towards your team members? As Machiavelli once said: “…whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved?” As for you, future managers, or leaders, this dilemma will always occur.

Furthermore, I do not blame you because it is a fight in our body itself. Who will win? The strength hormone testosterone or the warmth hormones estrogen and oxytocin? When you understand the importance of warmth and strength you will understand that many people in your environment tend to have one of these traits. The best part, you can use this knowledge to take advantage of it. Understanding these attributes makes you powerful and gives you a tool to compel people more easily. Let’s discuss the importance of strength and warmth. …

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