The Rules to Break, 2nd Edition

RULE TO BREAK

“Find yourself a safe job”

I’m not sure there is such a thing as a safe job any more. Nevertheless, some jobs are safer than others. The world will always need accountants and sales people and civil servants – or at least for a good few decades yet. And for some people, numbers are a fascination and accountancy really appeals, or selling just fits their sense of competition and interest in people.

Suppose, however, your real passion is winter sports, or films, or wild animals. A lot of people (most of them older than you) will tell you that you’ll never get a steady job as a tobogganist or an actor or a wildlife photographer. They’ll urge you to choose a career where you can find a job with relative ease, which you can stay in ...