RULE TO BREAK
“Let people know when you’re right”
Suppose you warn your brother that if he doesn’t get his car fixed it will break down. He doesn’t do it and, sure enough, it breaks down late at night in the middle of nowhere. Or maybe you advised your friend to leave their job and they didn’t listen. Now the firm is going into receivership. Or perhaps your colleague didn’t believe you when you said that the company was relocating – and they’ve just found out you were right. Now, how are you going to respond to all these things, when it turns out you were right all along?
If you’re thinking the answer is to say, ‘told you so’ then go to the back of the class and stay in after lessons. You can write out 100 times ‘I must not say “I told you ...
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