Author: How Breaking the Rules Can Help You Succeed in Life and Advance Your Career

From the earliest age, we're taught to follow the rules. Look both ways before crossing the street. Don’t talk to strangers. Color inside the lines. Wait your turn. Say please and thank you. Raise your hand to speak. Don’t talk with your mouth full. The list goes on and on. But all those rules don’t stop once we get older. In fact, most of the time, we all operate within a set of established norms, or unwritten rules.