The best seats are lying vacant...

Greetings to you this Monday Morning!!
Yesterday I made a presentation to a group of over 100 students at a college in Mumbai. I make presentations at campus very often and I have frequently observed that a lot of students tend to leave the first few rows in the auditorium vacant and occupy seats from row 4 or 5, even if there are no guest reservations for the first rows (I don't see a reason, however I have seen this happen at a number of colleges).
What happens then, is that students who enter the auditorium late tend to just stand at the back (if there are no seats available at the back). Some students who arrive even later end up standing in the door trying to peep in to get a glimpse of what is happening inside. If they now have to get to the first rows its tough. According to me the first rows are the best seats. If you are sitting there, you get the best view of the matter being presented, get to hear clearly and understand everything that is said and get the first opportunities to ask questions to get all the information that you want. To get to these best seats now the people standing outside need to push their way through the students standing in the passageway and climb over those squatting on steps. They would unsettle all these folks and the late comers prefer to just stand where they are. In the bargain they end up getting a poor view of the proceedings. So what actually happens is that the best seats in the auditorium are actually lying vacant!!
Now, here is my take on this phenomenon.. (And I wonder if many of you would agree with this viewpoint). I would like you to assume that the best positions in your chosen field of work are actually lying vacant. If you have arrived early, you have to make sure that you take up one of the best positions rather than settling for Row 4 or 5. If you think you have arrived late (many times you can't control your time of your arrival), you need to understand that you will not go to these best positions unless you push your way through or climb over people who are simply squatting in the way. In the process you may unsettle some of them, but that is no reason for YOU to stand outside. I am sure you will agree that it is an absolute waste if the best positions anywhere are lying unoccupied and people are standing outside waiting to get a glimpse of the action.

Wouldn't you rather occupy the best seats rather than settle for anything less?I would like each one of us to believe that there are always vacant seats in the front and there is always room at the top.. someone needs to stand up and get there.
Have a great week.