The Rules to Break, 2nd Edition

RULE TO BREAK

“Know what you want”

Some people seem to be born with an inbuilt sense of what they want and where they’re going. If you’re one of them, you can consider yourself very lucky. It’s a great thing to have. But if you aren’t one of those people, life doesn’t come so easy when you’re making choices about school, college, jobs, relationships.

It doesn’t help that the people who do know what they want tend to think you should be like them. ‘Come on!’ they say, ‘Have a plan!’ The implication is that it’s somehow your own fault that you have no driving ambition or sense of direction. Well take it from me, it isn’t your fault. And if the world was filled with people who all knew exactly what they wanted and how they were going to get it, ...