Comments on: When Are Rules Made to Be Broken? http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/when-are-rules-made-to-be-broken/ ...to help you sharpen the skills you need to succeed online Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:48:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hump Day Reading for the Restless Soul http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/when-are-rules-made-to-be-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Hump Day Reading for the Restless Soul Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:13:28 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/?p=328#comment-930 [...] When Are Rules Made to Be Broken? at Freelance Writing Jobs [...] [...] When Are Rules Made to Be Broken? at Freelance Writing Jobs [...]

]]> By: Cheryl Wright http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/when-are-rules-made-to-be-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Cheryl Wright Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:04:25 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/?p=328#comment-895 Any time you darn-well choose. Any time you darn-well choose.

]]> By: JR Moreau http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/when-are-rules-made-to-be-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-894 JR Moreau Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:54:04 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/?p=328#comment-894 Like a cornered animal, I break rules when I feel I am out of all reasonable options. Like a cornered animal, I break rules when I feel I am out of all reasonable options.

]]> By: Diana http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/when-are-rules-made-to-be-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-892 Diana Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:29:06 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/?p=328#comment-892 I don't have a problem with rules, sometimes it makes it easier. If you can tell your kid the law says they have to wear a seatbelt,and you know it will save his life, it's not so bad. There are the rule people who can't relax. The ones who complain to the head honchos at work about the people standing on the shuttle, calling them resistant standers because they won't sit in the back, or the ones who complain about people holding the elevator because it will cause them to wait 5 more seconds and want a reading on what the proper rules are, those are the ones I shake my head over. Those are the ones who don't want to let some things go and need to regulate everything so their lives will go exactly how they dictate. I don’t have a problem with rules, sometimes it makes it easier. If you can tell your kid the law says they have to wear a seatbelt,and you know it will save his life, it’s not so bad. There are the rule people who can’t relax. The ones who complain to the head honchos at work about the people standing on the shuttle, calling them resistant standers because they won’t sit in the back, or the ones who complain about people holding the elevator because it will cause them to wait 5 more seconds and want a reading on what the proper rules are, those are the ones I shake my head over. Those are the ones who don’t want to let some things go and need to regulate everything so their lives will go exactly how they dictate.

]]> By: JulieF http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/when-are-rules-made-to-be-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-891 JulieF Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:26:16 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/?p=328#comment-891 Following rules without question is the number one sign of a weak person, imho. Humans are built to use their brains, those who do not fall by the wayside. I think rules just weed out those who stand in the way of others. Maybe that is a sadistic way of thinking, but I've never claimed to be nice. I don't follow rules well. Heck, if cleaning the house perfectly without company coming is what makes a good wife, my poor husband must think I am horrid! And my kids, well, I really do not think there is a book out there that has my favorite line in it, "Stop jumping off the furniture because I will not wash your eyeballs off before putting them back in your head if you knock them out!" :-D Maybe I'm not a great mom, but my kids think I'm funny. Is there a rule against goofy moms? Probably. Following rules without question is the number one sign of a weak person, imho. Humans are built to use their brains, those who do not fall by the wayside. I think rules just weed out those who stand in the way of others.

Maybe that is a sadistic way of thinking, but I’ve never claimed to be nice. I don’t follow rules well. Heck, if cleaning the house perfectly without company coming is what makes a good wife, my poor husband must think I am horrid! And my kids, well, I really do not think there is a book out there that has my favorite line in it, “Stop jumping off the furniture because I will not wash your eyeballs off before putting them back in your head if you knock them out!”

:-D Maybe I’m not a great mom, but my kids think I’m funny. Is there a rule against goofy moms? Probably.

]]> By: Robyn McMaster http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/when-are-rules-made-to-be-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Robyn McMaster Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:44:25 +0000 http://freelancewritinggigs.com/goodstuff/?p=328#comment-889 Deb, I find people who are so stuck in rules, remain in lower positions in workplaces. Those who succeed find ways to break them without being obnoxious, but modeling new ways of approaching tasks and projects. There's never "One size fits all" and that's where rules have a downfall. Deb, I find people who are so stuck in rules, remain in lower positions in workplaces. Those who succeed find ways to break them without being obnoxious, but modeling new ways of approaching tasks and projects. There’s never “One size fits all” and that’s where rules have a downfall.

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