Matthew McConaughey, writing in his Lyrics for Livin’ newsletter, has an idea that I love.

Choreograph first, then dance. Create our own weather, then blow in the wind. You gotta learn to block and tackle before you learn to play wideout. Learn the dialogue before you improvise. Study the playbook, before you call the audible. Look at the blueprint before you take out your sledgehammer and take out the beams. Learn the rules, before you break ‘em. Make plans to be present, and maybe, find out what language it’s in before you speak it.

Most of the world’s most valuable ideas, art, and inventions came about from breaking the “unbreakable” rules. But they knew the rules FIRST.