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Instead of scanning their own internal state to discover “What do I want?” or scanning the internal state of those around them to discover “What do you want me to want?” these people scan the Rules to discover “What should I want?”

You have to first follow the rules with diligence in order to break them productively.

When a rule is broken, the first impulse of rule makers is to make another. The better remedy rarely occurs to them—remove the rule.

you’re creating an if-then plan. If “some condition occurs” then “I will perform some task.” When you set up a rule like this, it’s easier to remember, because you no longer have to worry about seizing the opportune moment (since you’ve decided on that moment in advance), and because you have to think less about executing, it’s more difficult to ta