Break the Rules – Part 4
I am firmly of the opinion that the majority of the life-changing breakthroughs humanity has experienced has been brought about by people who knew when to challenge the rules.
There are people who are so stuck on following their rules, upon which they hang their sense of security and from which they make sense of the world. That annoys me. I guess it shouldn’t cause we’re all different, but it does.
I know I’ve made a case for rebels/rule challengers in part 1, part 2 and part 3, but in truth, it’s just a rant against hard core rule followers. As with everything in life, balance is key.
Rebels are people who don’t like to live their lives based on other people’s thinking and other people’s rules. As one of my childhood heroes, Steve Jobs, a man who knew the balance between when to break and when to follow the rules, and, who at the time of writing died 5 days ago, said in his Stanford speech…
“Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” – Steve Jobs