{"id":832,"date":"2011-06-06T01:04:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T06:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=832"},"modified":"2011-05-25T08:25:45","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T13:25:45","slug":"identity-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2011\/06\/identity-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n

An identity rule is something that I must have or must do or must be to maintain my identity.\u00a0 If you violate an identity rules, you lose your identity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

People have rules, I know I have my own rules. Have you ever tied the shoe laces of another adult? That would be a kind thing to do, except that you don’t tie another adult’s shoe laces. That breaks some type of privacy rule.<\/p>\n

Consultant and author Jerry Weinberg<\/a>, has often discussed “survival rules.” These are rules that if broken leads a person to cease to exist. We develop these rules as small children, but often keep them with us once we are fully capable adults. (That is a short and inadequate description of survival rules. Maybe another post one day.)<\/p>\n

Similar to survival rules are what I call identity rules. An identity rule is something that I must have or must do or must be to maintain my identity.\u00a0 If you violate an identity rules, you lose your identity.<\/p>\n

Consider as an example Naval aviators. They fly aircraft. Well, so do aviators in the Air Force; they also fly aircraft. Naval aviators, however, operate their aircraft from ships. Air Force aviators operate from the land.<\/p>\n

We operate aircraft from ships<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

is an identity rule for Naval aviators. Consider,<\/p>\n

if we did land-based aviation operations, we might as well be in the Air Force.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is an indication of an identity rule. Any statement of the form,<\/p>\n

If we did or had or were such-and-such, we might as well be so-and-so<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

indicates an identity rule.<\/p>\n

Violate identity rules at your peril. Suggest Naval aviators conduct land-based aviation and watch the ensuring riot. Suggest college professors give up tenure and watch the ensuing riot. Suggest politicians give up limousines and watch the ensuring riot. I could continue with more examples.<\/p>\n

If you say something (that seems) simple and are given (what seems to be) an irrational response, you may have hit an identity rule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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