Maybe, Maybe Not

What I write about is my own journey.  What I am considering at the moment is a word that in many ways has been abused and is an unexploded device.  It is open to abuse and misunderstanding, yet in thinking about it, it is something I and others do all the time. 
I heard someone say recently, “there is no submission until the will is crossed.”  I reckon when it refers to marriage it can be fraught.  Yet it is something in many areas I do all the time.
When working I needed to submit to the boss.  Whether I agreed with him or not did not matter.  I needed to do it because often he had the big picture and I did not.  It was not a matter of doing my own thing but a matter of doing what was deemed to be necessary to achieve the purposes of the organization.  I will always try to submit to what I consider the highest authority.
The best example I can think of with general submission is to the leaders in armed forces.  I know a few people that have been in the armed forces and what is drilled into new recruits is obedience to the voice of authority.  It is really important that there is confidence that recruits will do as commanded whether it is agreed with or not.
I cannot see that any army where everyone does their own thing will be effective in achieving results for the whole.  More likely the enemy will pick off those doing something alone.  It is much harder to defeat a united force intent on achieving a goal than to defeat ones and twos doing what they think best.
Coaches of teams have earned the right to see their players submit to their ideas.  Sometimes they work (hence Waye Bennett is called a super coach) and sometimes they fail and get replaced.  I did feel sorry for Ang Postecoglou as he obviously knew success, but what he had in mind took time and more time than some were willing to give him.
But the thing for me is submission.  For me it is totally required in a team environment with one aim or goal.  No one is bigger than the whole. If someone is part of a team, winning can only be achieved when each individual plays their part and submits to the leader of the whole.