For years, society’s rules have been experiencing a revolution. Much of this has to do with the new ways technology has entered our lives and changed our ways of living. Some has to do with our changing mores and values.

Society has changed tremendously throughout the past decades. We’ve become a more transient society – so, for example, the old rule of always being friendly to everyone may now be dangerous if we follow it.

We don’t have to work from 9 to 5 every day and spend long hours at work trying to get ahead. Facebook, Skype and millisecond transferring of data makes it possible for us to cut our time in less than half and even work from home if we desire. Continue reading →

Examples abound of people who broke the rules of society to become successful leaders. Sir Richard Branson once said, “I never learned the rules in the first place,” when he broke all the rules of business to set up his “Virgin Group.”

In fact, most successful entrepreneurs haven’t become the huge successes they are from following rules. They used the common sense approach rather than rules that would have kept them from thinking outside the box.

If you’re starting a business or have a great idea you want to get out to the population, ask yourself which rules are holding you back and how you can show your uniqueness. Continue reading →