You Must Respect My Authority

You Must Respect My Authority
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  1. I completely agree, waiting around until you are good enough to be an authority figure is not the way to build your professional empire. Writing, improving, and doing are. You’ve referenced the book Influence several times in your writing and for anyone who hasn’t read it, I highly recommend it. Thanks for the great read.

  2. That was a very interesting read indeed – but then if you have ever worn a uniform you may have already noticed that there are things you can do in uniform that you would never be able to achieve in street clothes.

    I guess it also goes to show that if you work at it you can become a legend in your own lunchtime 🙂

  3. Thanks Michael. Stuart, the only uniform I’ve ever worn was the attorney’s standard-issue overpriced suit. Worked like a charm. I get zero respect in the real world the way I dress most days now, but I wouldn’t change it!

  4. Thanks, Brian, for the reminder about the Milgram experiments. I believe there were others, if my psychology memory is working, where students were designated as wardens in a prison situation, given authority over prisoners, and actually became quite sadistic. (Yet we scratch our heads about our own military boys and abuses in war.) The application of authority to blogs – as well as ezines – is brilliant. There truly is “power in the written word.” Or, as I like to say, success leaves a trail, and it is often in the form of a written trail of articles, blogs, and website copy.

  5. Hi Patsi. I know you and Denise have been preaching the power of information marketing for quite a while, so thanks for the feedback.

    And yes, the Milgram experiments (and the one you cite) are extreme examples of the power of authority (especially when we’re talking about blogs here) but they sure do make for entertaining (if disturbing) stories!

  6. I found the post “You Must Respect My Authority” to be quite interesting. I was born in the states to a pretty ordinary Anglo-Saxon family. But have been living in and out of Japan for 31 of my 55 years. I have experienced first-hand, Japan’s sense of obedience to authority through my bilingual immersion in Japanese society. And I have come to deal with this authority much in the same way that the average Japanese person would. My acculturation
    via Japanese in-laws, friends, peers and teachers has stuck – for better or worse.

  7. I completely agree, waiting around until you are good enough to be an authority figure is not the way to build your professional empire. Writing, improving, and doing are. You’ve referenced the book Influence several times in your writing and for anyone who hasn’t read it, I highly recommend it. Thanks for the great read.

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