Nick Perry argues that breaking rules rewires your brain for success. He claims it activates dopamine, strengthens your prefrontal cortex for better decisions, and disrupts the default mode network to escape autopilot. Rule-following, he says, wires you for mediocrity.
Science shows that you have to break the rules to be successful. Here's the neuroscience behind it. Every time you play this game of life by someone else's rules, by doing what is logical and realistic, you're wiring your brain for mediocrity. But when you start playing by your own rules and taking risks, you rewire your brain. You activate your dopamine system, which boosts motivation. You strengthen your prefrontal cortex, which is the part of your brain that controls competence, leadership and decision making. You shake up the default mode network of the brain, which gets you out of autopilot and activates new neural pathways. Being a little rebellious literally puts your brain into the frequency of genius. Following the rules might help you live a normal life, but it's not normal to feel happy and be fulfilled. That's why there are so many haters in this world. Life is a game and the people who win are not the ones who follow the rules, they're the ones who rewrite them.
