RULE 96
Do compare yourself with other people
This isn’t the original version of this book, you know.* In the first edition (as in this one) I invited readers to contact me with their own Rules. This particular one – which I couldn’t agree with more – was suggested to me by a 16-year-old schoolboy from India. I mention this for two reasons. Firstly, because it just goes to show that you’re never too young to follow the Rules. And secondly, because I think it’s significant that this comes from someone who is still in education and therefore expects to learn from other people. It’s a Rule that demands a measure of humility that all of us could do with (well, alright then, I could do with).
People often tell us not to compare ourselves with others. ...
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