Crossing Paths: Here Is Your Future Boss

What is key to remember with your professors and classmates is that each may resurface as a boss. Some teachers are personable while others are tough. Bosses will be the same. Some instill fear while others show you compassion. For better or worse, you should view each one like a rite of passage, a step in your development.

Never make a professor look bad. They have accomplished too much in their lives to let a young punk derail it. A veteran of many battles, they have found in school a fiefdom to call their own. You will often find similar characters in business. While you feel that you will one day achieve greater things, you should come back to reality and acknowledge that you live in their shadow at present time.

Chain Of Command

In school, business or the military, respecting the chain of command makes the difference between moving up and being shoved aside. People like to be in control. Those who are in charge want undisputed authority and tend to dislike loose cannons. Rebels are seen as threats and are contained because they endanger the mission.

Talented individuals are often given leeway to be themselves but when push comes to shove, being too independent could land you in hot water, or worse, in shark infested waters.

That being said, conflicts are bound to happen, be it in your personal or professional life, in sports as in business.

Here are some famous examples:

President / Professor

Vice-President / Coach

President / Coach / Player