A personal code for living your life your way.
From a very young age you've been inundated with other people's well-intended rules. Whether from teachers, friends or parents, these helpful principles and bits of gracious advice are supposed to help you get on in life. The trouble is, many of these rules aren't true (at least not all the time) and yet they have a major influence on your life whether you realise it or not.
How do you sort the gold dust from the sawdust?
In The Rules to Break, international bestselling author Richard Templar exposes the most common phoney rules, explains what's wrong with them and then offers a refreshing alternative and a new way of thinking. Above all, he'll help you master the ability to truly think for yourself, so than you can follow a path that you've chosen, rather than blindly following someone else's.
Rule 64: Be happy with the way you look 65 “It's just a drop in the ocean” Rule 65: The insignificant is important 66 “The job comes first” Rule 66: Don't mistake your career for your life 67 “Get it all out in the open” Rule 67: Avoid conflict 68 “If you know you're in the right, don't back down” Rule 68: Don't be afraid of compromise 69 “Some people are just asking for it” Rule 69: Keep the moral high ground 70 “It's good to let your feelings out” Rule 70: Don't trample on other people's emotions 71 “No one is perfect” Rule 71: Be on the side of the angels, not the beasts 72 “Meet your deadlines” Rule 72: Keep ahead of deadlines 73 “Give good advice” Rule 73: Don't give advice 74 “Let people know when you're right” Rule 74: Never say ‘I told you so' 75 “Stick to what you're good at” Rule 75: Stretch yourself 76 “You've a right to be treated fairly” Rule 76: Stop expecting life to be fair 77 “The more you learn about a subject, the more of an expert you become” Rule 77: The more you know, the more you don't 78 “You can't learn anything from a fool” Rule 78: Learn from other people's mistakes 79 “If you're going to do something, do it properly” Rule 79: You don't have to jump in the deep end 80 “Stick with what you know” Rule 80: Step out of your comfort zone 81 “People will judge you by what you own” Rule 81: Don't try to keep up with the Joneses 82 “Hide your mistakes” Rule 82: Remember, you could be wrong – someone has to be 83 “Live in the present” Rule 83: Keep perspective 84 “Know what you want” Rule 84: You don't have to know what you want 85 “Guilt tells you where you're going wrong” Rule 85: Don't do guilt 86 “Someone will make it better” Rule 86: Pick yourself up (no one else will do it for you) 87 “Think through your problems” Rule 87: Thinking hard doesn't always help 88 “Narrow down your options” Rule 88: Look at all the options 89 “Stick to a plan” Rule 89: Life is unpredictable 90 “Trust no one” Rule 90: Trust everyone 91 “Trust everyone” Rule 91: Trust no one 92 “Sometimes you need a good moan” Rule 92: There are people who moan, and people who just get on with it 93 “Don't sacrifice yourself for a relationship” Rule 93: It's the compromises that make relationships worth having 94 “Feelings should be rational” Rule 94: Feelings aren't right or wrong – they just are 95 “Eat, drink and be merry . . .” Rule 95: Stay alive 96 “I want doesn't get” Rule 96: Ask for what you want 97 “If it ain't broke, don't fix it” Rule 97: Look up 98 “Find yourself a safe job” Rule 98: Follow your passion 99 “Protect your property” Rule 99: People are more important than things 100 “You can't change horses in midstream” Rule 100: It's never too late to start following the real Rules
Rules to follow 1 No man is an island 2 Two wrongs don't make a right 3 When in Rome, do as the Romans 4 Don't judge a book by its cover 5 For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction 6 There's no such thing as a free lunch 7 Do as you would be done by 8 The pen is mightier than the sword 9 Keep dry, and away from children 10 Give it time
From a very young age you've been inundated with other people's well-intended rules. Whether from teachers, friends or parents, these helpful principles and bits of gracious advice are supposed to help you get on in life. The trouble is, many of these rules aren't true (at least not all the time) and yet they have a major influence on your life whether you realise it or not.
How do you sort the gold dust from the sawdust?
In The Rules to Break, international bestselling author Richard Templar exposes the most common phoney rules, explains what's wrong with them and then offers a refreshing alternative and a new way of thinking. Above all, he'll help you master the ability to truly think for yourself, so than you can follow a path that you've chosen, rather than blindly following someone else's.
It's your life. Why not live it your way?