Since the definition of "authority" by the three social classes is different, there are great differences in their definitions of authoritative people, so let's analyze the definition of "authority" by the three social classes.

Grassroots Society: Academic qualifications are authority.

For the grassroots society, as long as someone claims to be highly educated, and wears a suit, tie, and a few words of professional terms, it can be admired by the people of the grassroots society. Bosses or business leaders whose thinking is still stuck in the thinking of grassroots society, the only criterion for judging talents is the level of education. Because they don't have the ability to distinguish talents, they can only rely on academic qualifications, so they can't attract great talents at the level of great masters, and can only attract some vase-like talents with vain reputations. Here I would like to say a sentence: "Academic qualifications can only prove that a person's IQ is qualified, because it is impossible for the mentally handicapped to get a high degree, but it does not stop there." "I admit the importance of academic qualifications, and I also admit that there are many highly educated social elites, but academic qualifications really cannot be the only criterion for measuring authority, and there are too many really capable people who disdain to get academic qualifications, because there is neither time, energy, nor necessity. Nowadays, if people want to graduate from a junior college, they must learn some additional subjects in addition to this specialty, so that they can be regarded as passing, no matter how impractical and useless the teacher talks about in books and on the podium, but you must follow the ideas of the books and the teacher in the exam, otherwise you will not be able to complete your studies. So it's really boring to blindly pursue a high degree of education, but it is very effective to use it to bluff bosses who are neither capable nor confident. Therefore, in the eyes of those grassroots societies, academic qualifications are ability, and academic qualifications are authority.

In the middle class, practicality is authority.

The middle class is a step further than the grassroots society, they are very practical and professional, so they are very confident. When they hire people or hire business consultants, they often do not look at that person's academic qualifications, but look at that person's ability. However, pragmatism is a double-edged blade, killing chickens and eggs is very practical, and exhausting and fishing is also very immediate, but that is called destruction, not creation. But the middle class doesn't see this, and they often say "I only look at the result, don't tell me about the process!" I only look at the results, don't make excuses for me! "So there are people who desperately make a show, often sacrifice the long-term for the sake of the present, and do their best to pull out the seedlings to help them grow, but behind the glamorous results is a mess. This kind of employment mechanism of the company can not go far, if the middle class society does not expand its own ideological pattern, it will not be able to break through this bottleneck of employment.

High-level society is the authority that can create value for society.

The upper echelons of society do not look at your academic qualifications, nor do they look at whether you are eager for quick success. The high-level society will listen to you first, and whether the concept is creating value or not. Let me give you an example: when Hu Xueyan, a first-generation businessman, hired the shopkeeper of the pharmacy "Hu Qingyutang", there were many applicants. In particular, people who know how to operate talked to Hu Xueyan about how to make money through pharmacies, but Hu Xueyan rejected them one by one. There is only one person, his name is Yu Xiuchu, this person used to run a pharmacy, and eventually closed down due to poor management, his attitude is to treat diseases and save people, making money second, others think this person is stupid, sneer at him, but Hu Xueyan values this person, because the concept of opening a pharmacy is to cure diseases and save people, and then to talk about making money. Although Yu Xiuchu will not make money, he has a heart for all sentient beings, and this is enough. What can make money is called "things", and what can be valuable to society is called "career", and the standard for measuring the value of a person's career is not how much wealth can be earned for themselves, but how much value they can create for society. Those who have achieved great things do not look at the momentary achievements but the merits are in the annals of history, and the benefits are not important for the moment, and Hu Xueyan has this kind of bearing and mind to become a generation of Chinese business saints. Therefore, the criterion for judging authority in the high-level society is: how much value can he create for the society.