Power is not about possessing personal traits, but about controlling access to valued resources. Understanding power as control over resources reveals that power is not a permanent possession, as it can shift based on changing circumstances. The fallacy of believing power is inherent in certain personal traits is due to the fundamental attribution error, where people attribute behavior to inherent characteristics rather than external factors.

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