The Rules to Break, 2nd Edition

RULE TO BREAK

“Trust no one”

It’s easy to advise you to go through life trusting no one, and I’ve met people who do it. They’re invariably unsettled, anxious and always prepared for trouble. I generally find they’re not hugely trustworthy either.

The thing is in life that people tend to get what they give. So if you’re trustworthy, reliable, and show integrity, that’s broadly what you’ll get in return. That’s assuming you don’t choose to hang out with drugs barons and Mafiosi and underworld gangs – though some of them are probably trustworthy too. People would rather be good, and prefer to be liked. So they don’t break trust without a reason. Of course it doesn’t always work out like that, but that’s pretty much everyone’s intent.

If you don’t ...