What does my boss want from me anyway? He is such an old drip. “Chips”, here comes the boss. He always wants me to do things his way. The boss is in a bad mood today.
Have you ever wondered what causes your boss to act the way he does; or to feel the way he feels? What changed him since he was your age? I can think of a number of reasons why he became that way. However, let’s look at the one thing that would make him happy with you – If he can trust you 100%, he would relax.
1Pe_2:18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.
Your boss is your boss because you’re working for him. That sounds real basic, yet, often we only think of our rights. He got you because he needs you. You work for him – he is not there to make you happy. If he is happy, your happiness will surely come. You need to find out exactly what he wants. If you give him that, exactly that, he will trust you and the rest is simple… Years ago, when cars still had car phones which were fixed to the car, I had a youngster who worked for me. I had a car with a phone. Whenever I went on leave, I would take the family car and leave the car with the phone for this youngster to make his job easier while he stood in for me. You see, I trusted him. The day before I got back, he would park my car in the garage in exactly the spot where I would park it. I had a strangely shaped garage which made it quite necessary to park in that way. The point I’m trying to make is, this youngster had me figured out so well, he even parked my car the way I would. He made it his business to find out what my vision was, and while he worked for me, he followed my vision to the T.
Read the next Post on this subject for some specific things that you can avoid or do.
Lastly, remember, you would want to be a boss yourself one day. You could use these early days to brush up your inter personal skills. Learn how to read people and circumstances. You may even have a youngster like yourself who works for you. How will you get him to make your life easy?