There is a really, really good book that I recommend reading along these lines:
Amazon.com: Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior: Books: David R. Hawkins
Some of this book is very esoteric and some of it deals very specifically with the practice of applied kineseology. BUT, the over all concept of power v. force and the development of human beings based on his scale of consciousness is FANTASTIC.
Check it out.
ADQ