Following orders is instrumental to the health and well being of an individual and an organization. It is a very important skill to live a quality life, and an equally important skill to be part of, and form, a smoothly functioning society. People who do not follow instructions well are a great danger to themselves as well as to others around them. They pose dangers that are not only moral or social, but quite eminently physical as well. Moreover, if people in a society do not follow orders, the opportunities for achieving advancement can become severely limited.
Increases efficiency
When people fail to follow orders properly, it can lead to a great deal of chaos and give rise to immense frustration in any given situation and environment. To be able to follow instructions to the T, a person must possess the ability to listen and read carefully; besides, it is also important that the person ask the relevant questions to clear any doubt that may arise in understanding the instructions. If a person is unable to follow instructions given to them properly, they will find that completing a task becomes much more difficult than it actually is. And this is true in the case of different spheres of life; whether a person is working on a project independently or as part of a team, it would become equally difficult to complete the given task if the person does not listen to orders and follow them.
Saves resources
For instance, if you are part of a team in an organization and the team is given a specific task to be completed within a certain period of time, it is of the utmost importance that everyone follows the orders given to them for the team to be able to complete the task efficiently. Each person in a team is an important cog in the wheel, and if a single cog doesn’t work properly, the wheel will not turn smoothly. The inability of a single person to follow given orders will slow down the entire team as someone else will have to take on he added responsibility initially bestowed on the inefficient member, and some tasks will probably have to be done all over again. This will slow down the entire process considerably, and might even lead to a faulty outcome if errors made by the inefficient member are not detected. Therefore, it can be seen that the inability to follow orders leads to considerable wastage of the valuable resources of time and money, and can be quite severely detrimental to the well being of an organization.
Good for health
Continuing in the vein of the introduction, how can the inability to follow orders be detrimental to physical health? The answer is pretty simple, and can be shown through a simple experiment. We know that on the roads, we have traffic signals and signs. These are basically orders given to us by the government about behaving in a certain way on the roads. Now, if some of us choose to violate road safety signs and traffic signals and try to cross the streets when the green light is on, there is a very great chance that we will be crushed to death by the oncoming traffic. Similarly, if we ignore the street safety rules and drive at maximum speed on a congested road, we will end up in a potentially fatal car accident, and f we are lucky to be alive after it, we will definitely be charged with a bunch of sentences and fines.
Instills discipline
We are taught to follow orders from a very young age, and that comes in handy in every step of life. As a student, we are required o follow the orders we are given at school, and at home, we are required to follow the orders we are given by our parents. This instills discipline and a very deep sense of responsibility to us. Orders are given to us in order to ensure that we do the right things, and by following these instructions, we grow up to be well rounded individuals. If we had not been given the order of being attentive in class and followed it, we would never make it very far in life as far as education is concerned.
The ability to follow orders is important in many ways: it can make life much simpler and safer, ensures that tasks are completed efficiently and on time, and does away with confusion. Simply put, when you follow orders, things go smoothly around you. And it is not only you who is benefited from this; by being in the habit of following orders, you can also instruct others to do the same and give orders that make sense.