"Instead of asking for permission, beg for forgiveness." Most rules are like the lowest-level public administrators, confining those who don't know what to do within boundaries. After reading a large number of business biographies, such as "The Empire of One: The Biography of Murdoch," "The Power of Pricing," "Google Boys," and "Only the Paranoid Survive: Ellison and His Oracle Empire," I have summarized a small habit of top business leaders: they are destructive by nature. In their eyes, the bigger the trouble, the greater the opportunity.
There is one way to break the rules: breaking the expectations you and others have of yourself.
Gradually, we will find that there are two kinds of people in this world: one kind does what they want to do only after getting others' approval, while the other self-approves. This means that some people find motivation from within themselves, while others wait for external forces to push them forward.
Stanford University psychology expert Carol Dweck's research concludes that people with a fixed mindset about their strengths rarely dare to take risks, fearing the loss of even their inherent abilities; whereas those with a growth mindset are willing to take risks and tend to achieve their goals through harder work. They are happy to try new things to enhance their abilities and learn entirely new skills during the process.