As I write this, several battles are being fought. Kevin Rudd is now the boss. Then Queensland will run onto the football field to show league followers who the boss is. Meanwhile, as we head to the start of Le Tour, the bosses of the 22 teams are getting ready to prove themselves.

The boss is supposed to be a leadership position. We all want to be the boss because it commands power and respect. We think that everyone is a servant to the boss. Yet the truth is the opposite.

When I became the boss of my own business, I struggled.

I thought I was the boss and acted that way. It took a while before I realised that I was delusional. Then everything started to fall into place – as soon as I realised that the boss is a position of servitude.

I serve my clients. Then, I make sure that my workers are guaranteed a safe and secure job. My suppliers have to be paid on time. The tax office sits back and collect their quarterly payments as I sweat on all the accounting work, chase up payments and juggle cash flow.

Kevin Rudd will do as he is told by the power brokers – then he will have to kiss numerous babies and backsides as he goes on the election campaign. Being the boss sucks if you want to be number 1!

The only way life can function is to have a bunch of leaders and a mass of followers – so someone has to be the boss. History has shown that leaders in the mould of Hitler get a hard time and end up with a messy end. Then you have leaders like Nelson Mandela. He has had a full life and his followers are faithful until the end for him. He is an example of leading by servitude.

Being the boss is great – but only if you don’t going around thinking that you are the boss.