How do you follow orders of a superior when you don't belive what they're telling you to do is right?
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The trick is to pick your battles. If the conflict you are feeling is because you have a difference of opinion, but the other person's opinion isn't going to cause any damage, don't stress yourself over it. Save yourself for truly important issues. Remember, you are NOT responsible for keeping everyone else in order, give them some credit for being able to take care of themselves.
You are probably always going to have problems with arbitrary and/or senseless orders. Lord knows I do. (You would have to bring up the indigo thing, the description of adult indigo's sounds like me. Hmmm.) I've arranged my life so that I'm not subjected to arbitrary authority. Self employment, or at least an employer who appreciates independence and creativity, makes for a much more comfortable career life. You are going to have to adjust to dealing with people you don't agree with, especially if you wind up dealing with them as customers and/or clients. Use your school career to practice this. Think of your superiors as clients, and of yourself as providing them a service. Then give them what they say they want, and let them worry about how it turns out. If they complain about the results, feel free to tell them that it was their idea. In social groups, if you are having idealogical differences to that degree, it's probably the wrong group for you.
It depends. Most of the time I do stand up for my beliefs, however you should be smart about who it is. Sometimes the person is just not worth it so if it's like your boss or something, and the person's not reasonable at all, it's probably not worth it until it really does have a big effect on your mind. Sometimes you sould just ignore it. Or go with your feelings if you really believe it's the right thing to do.
Suck it up and then start your own business. Join the military to learn how to control your impulses. You can make your own choices later.
some people are leaders, and for them to lead, some must follow. You have to recognize in every situation who is the chosen leader and who are the followers.(at work, you are a follower)
when young, you are almost always in a position to follow. as you get older, you can adjust your life so YOU are in authority and that YOU can call the shots. You don't have to like being told what to do, but then you have no resonsibility for the outcome, so it evens out.
My lady, I have the exact personality as you it seems. Thank the Lord I am now Captain.
First, don't invest any emotional effort into tasks you can not win. This is not a pissing contest. Even if it were, you will surely not win.
Second, if you can not flee this such as a job, then I would cooperate with a smile. Life is not fair & you shall have to accept this as a fact. Meet your goals by meeting theirs to certain extend.
Good sailing & I bid you farewell! Oh, great. My hat flew into the waves. That shall be the 3rd one this month.
Be an actor. Pretend that you are someone else, someone who smiles and follows orders (as long as they're not illegal/immoral). If you can tell yourself in your head that you are playing the role right now of someone completely different from yourself, maybe you can get through it. I hope that helps. Sometimes it helps me get through things I find difficult/unpleasant.
I think, u need to relax and come down abit. Just think possitives. As ur superior perhaps they know better than u are and in some cases they just can't give u reasons cause it's confidential which something he can't reveal to u.
It's good to have ur attitude, but u have to know in working environment is differents, it's all about politics and businesses.
Sometimes, u may just do what have been orders and perhaps u will know why while u doing the orders. I have the same attitude as u but not as cronic as u. I will still do what they ask me to do if it's not against me badly, they are our superior and it's better to show the best what we have in front of them.
If u still wanna know th ereasons behind all that.. maybe u can slow talk with them or perhaps indirectly questions them about it, which maybe they'll tell u indirectly too.
U just have to loosen a bit n relax... if u still can't take it.. it's better u find another job with the environment u wish. If not, it will only maks u depress and it's not good for ur health.
I face the same encounter as you many donkey years ago. Boss don't give reason, cause they just wan staff to follow their direction & clear all dirty job & protect his backside.
If you don't like the situation, change it & don't blame on ur boss that give stupid order. The more you complaint the more u feel powerless & sick. Now I have no problem with that cause I chose to run my own business.
I have been there. Your boss doesn't care about what is correct, he/she cares about what looks good to his/her superiors. It is called paper pushing. Keep in mind that if you look bad so does your boss because they are the ones in charge. Remind yourself continually that it is only a job. There are probably a lot of politics involved that you couldn't possibly understand. Trust me when I tell you that you don't want to throw yourself into the middle of work politics. Your boss isn't going to discuss matters like that with you. He/she is just going to tell you to do things the way they want them done with no questions asked. If you ask to many questions you are only going to get on their bad side. It isn't going to make sense to you and it is going to eat you up inside because you know things could be so much easier and a lot less stressful if they were done differently, but you are going to cry to deaf ears because of the position you hold, and are only going to appear disrespectful. Remember it is your job to do what they tell you to do. Don't make your life any harder than it has to be. Been there and done that. It got so bad for me that my mind would automatically shut down whenever my boss opened her mouth and I wouldn't hear a word she said. I lost the battle and so will you. Its not worth it. A company will get rid of a hundred menial workers before they even consider eliminating a person in a position of power. Menial workers are a dime a dozen, but people who are in a position of authority are very costly to replace. It would do you good to remember that. Its only a job, its only a job. A stepping stone until I can improve my current situation. : )
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