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This quality is at the core of every powerful woman's being. It is something that, deep down, every woman wants to achieve on a daily basis. It is a quality created by behaving according to the previous traits, for when a woman lives by the first seven, she will easily and effortlessly become the woman who makes a difference in the lives of others. For example, a businesswoman comes across a homeless girl on the street. The girl's appearance is disheveled. Her clothes are torn; her hair is a knotted mess. The girl is smoking a cigarette and looking down at the ground. The businesswoman glances at her watch and realizes she's late for work. Yet, she turns and walks up to the girl. She hands the girl $20 to cover some of her needs. She offers inspiration and words of encouragement when she tells the girl that she doesn't have to accept this life, and how, with a little effort, she can become anyone she wants to be and do anything she wants to do.

One year later, the businesswoman receives a thank-you card in the mail. In the card is a $20 bill and a business card from the owner of a new boutique...coincidentally located on the same corner where she'd stopped and spoken to the destitute girl. The businesswoman smiles inside, knowing she'd taken the right actions to make a difference in the life of someone else. And that, for a powerful woman, is what makes the journey worthwhile.

As you can see, it doesn't matter what a woman's role in life is - that's just the outer picture the world sees. It's the possession and application on a daily basis of these qualities and traits that make a woman - no matter who she is or what she does for a living - truly a powerful woman.

Many people see femininity as being weak and bending to someone else's will. It's quite the contrary. Femininity is about having the power of winds and oceans, which can shape cliffs and mountains. It is about having such fluidity that it becomes unshakable, unstainable, and unpredictable. Does water bend to the will of boats, or do boats follow the flow of water? Does the wind bend to the will of cliffs, or does it shape the cliffs?

There has been a great movement of women's empowerment over the last 30 years, which restored the rights of women. This is a great thing because women have been disrespected, abused, and silenced in the past. The modern woman has become educated and competitive in business and in the marketplace. Many women are also telling me they are getting annoyed by the competitiveness and rivalry of women in personal relationships. This growth of competitive power is a required phase to awaken your full potential, and I think this phase has been successful. The next phase would be to grow from competitive power to cooperative power. That's what feminine empowerment is really about.