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Are you a rule follower?

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Jon Doolen
Jul 02, 2023
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I have always been the one to break the rules.

I struggled in the Army because I did not respond well to authority.

It took me too many years to realize guidelines and standard operating procedures matter.

There is truth in the old expression “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes”.

When I became a manager, I very quickly learned the value of following establ…

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