High school

This from Seth Godin: “Do you work with people who are still in high school?”
He means mentally still in high school. Trying to please the boss like they pleased the teacher. Only speaking up when they feel they’re expected to. Not rocking the boat.
Why are we like this? It used to be to protect our job security, but look around – there isn’t much of that going around anymore. When it starts blowing, your boss cares as much about your life situation as you care about hers. And why should it be otherwise? You have different agendas.
A former colleague used to say you should ask forgiveness, not permission. While the rest of us fumed over not being allowed to do stuff, he just did it. And then apologized when things went wrong. Promised not to do it again. Then did.