The Real Difference Between Hierarchical Relationships and Peer Relationships

And why I don’t want to be in hierarchical relationships anymore

No one is superior or inferior.

Everyone is simultaneously a teacher and a student.

The problem with hierarchical relationships is that I can only see myself as either a student or a teacher.

Yet I want to be both. There’s so much I can learn from others and so much they can learn from me. No one knows it all and everyone has something to teach you. No journey is identical.

The mere fact that you’re an adult doesn’t make you superior to a kid. Children teach you valuable life lessons. They remind you of what it was once like to navigate through life with child-like wonder. They remind you to be present. And to live for the little things.

If I can’t treat someone like a peer and if they can’t treat me like a peer, I’m out.

Hierarchical relationships are transactional. Peer relationships are transformative. Choose wisely.