The Rules to Break, 2nd Edition

RULE TO BREAK

“Always seek to improve yourself”

There’s improvement, and there’s flogging a dead horse. Certainly it’s in your interests and everyone else’s to be as good as you can at some things. Where strong positive values are concerned, of course it’s a good idea to be as kind, thoughtful, trustworthy, fair, honest, helpful, selfless as you can.

But when it comes to skills, it’s just silly to try to be good at everything. No one can manage that. There aren’t enough hours in the day. I remember my music teacher at school telling us all that we must always try to ‘improve ourselves’. And our various sports teachers. And our art teachers, and drama teachers, and all our other teachers.

The fact is that it’s enormously good for your confidence ...