We all report in to somebody. Employees report to their managers. Managers report in to the owner, or shareholders. All owners, even the solo operator, are accountable to their customers.

Someday, you may become the person to whom others report. On that day, you cross a line. You cross a boundary into a foreign land, a place that isolates you from the people who -- the day before -- had been your comrades, your friends, your brothers and sisters. On that day you move from being one of "Us" to one of "Them."