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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 22

Normality isn’t normal

I have a friend who sleeps for only four hours a night. That’s all he needs, and he wakes up bright and refreshed. I know someone else who bursts into tears over the slightest thing. And someone who is phobic about hot water bottles. One woman runs three separate businesses, and another counts things obsessively. And I know several people who are deeply uncomfortable unless they’re sitting with their back to a wall. All of these people are lovely, cheerful, popular, and as normal as you or me.

It’s easy to worry about whether you ‘should’ or ‘shouldn’t’ be a certain way. Do you work too hard? Wear the wrong clothes? Have the wrong accent? Worry too much? Are you weird because of your quirks and foibles and eccentricities? ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823