Relationship between authority and independence

This is an interesting approach, the authority-independence relationship. In this segment we can address that the idea of authority is simply a hierarchical imposition that has been established through the power structures of the society to which we are beholden. We must behave outside of a civic standard in all frameworks of interpersonal relationships, family, school, work, laws and social rules and so on. We always submit ourselves to understand as authoritarian what is above us, in the same way it is up to us to rule as authority what is under our responsibility, be it our children, our home, finishing our studies, or staying good so that we do not lose our job. On the other hand we have the idea of independence, which not only refers to the fact of having money, but to being owners of our destiny, our personality and how we interact in a constant relationship of dependence between what we want and what we can do.

Moral authority.

As we have been saying, the term authority refers to the right assigned to make decisions, to exercise command over subordinates. A moral authority is understood as an example to follow who demonstrates a certain level of coherence between his words, actions and values. Throughout our education in society we understand that there are authoritarian relationships such as civic rules to be complied with to maintain order and for this there are also public authorities, which in a subtle way are there to condition our behavior. A good example of moral authority is our professors and teachers at school, who have the knowledge and experience that we wish to acquire in the future to conclude our studies.

The family as moral authority.

Another type of moral authority that we always have very present is the family, the fundamental nucleus of our formation and definition of our character. How does the authority of the family influence our independence? Normally, the family (our parents) contributes greatly to the formation of our sense of identity and independence throughout our education at home. If we have authoritarian parents who always resort to imposition as an educational method, it ends up favoring a conditioning of emotional dependence in which we need their approval to make decisions in our future; in some cases this becomes a necessary element for the search of our own realization, the formulation of our own answers and solutions, as such a sense and need for independence to protect our identity as a person. The determination of these patterns can occur depending on the particular situation and the individual himself, but always our parents play the role of moral authority towards us.

Work.

We simply do not escape the idea of authority in any sector of our life, work is a simple example of this type of system that we must respect in order to fit in. You are in a work center, you are in an intermediate position in which you have authority over subordinates but at the same time you are subordinate to another higher echelon. Your mission would be to implement an order, to take the reins of an aesthetic or way of functioning. It is necessary to be successful in your work so that you can enforce it correctly among your colleagues, you need to be able to represent for your subordinates an authority that you can only achieve through a coherent and efficient behavior as an example to follow. On the other hand there are your bosses, who also represent an authority for you and the others; we owe a respect and they demand us for results for the company.

Idea of independence.

Here we fall into a nest of ants, the idea of independence defends one of the most significant aspects of our personality, identity. We are in a constant search of what our interests are, how to define ourselves with authenticity, looking for self-confidence to avoid being manipulated and influenced. For the idea of independence we focus on keeping in the same line what we feel, what we think and our actions. Many times, in order to achieve it, we must ignore the criteria of external validation of our ideas in order to protect our inner self, our emotionality, the state of mind that drives us to the most desired achievements.

Self-esteem.

For sure, if you are planning to achieve certain independence, we must consider digging deep into our emotionality, using self-esteem as a method of defense. Imagine that you propose to leave your job taking orders in an office and start a busi