I don’t know how my mind dysfunctions. But most of the time when someone gives me a rule, I automatically question it or try to break it. This isn’t always true. Early in my career, I would follow the rules of UX to a tee. I didn’t know any better and was too green to have experiences where the rules didn’t work or to know they weren’t applicable to the situation.
Every practice has a set of rules which governs it. Mastery occurs with the realization of these rules. Innovation occurs at the point of intelligent and creative rebellion against them.