Rules are useful even in social situations. Sure, experience and intuition will be a lot more natural and successful, but not everyone has that to use. And bes

Rules are useful even in social situations. Sure, experience and intuition will be a lot more natural and successful, but not everyone has that to use. And besides, everyone needs a little work on social skills, and rules will at least give them specific suggestions to implement. That's why advice columns are so successful. It's like playing music. I've played the trumpet for years. Sure I don't consciously think about the specific fingerings that I need to use next, it just comes naturaly. But I got that intuition from many hours of practice following rules and doing drills. I wasn't just handed a trumpet and told to play something. And when I'm having trouble with a section of music, I break it apart into tiny sections, and usually slow the tempo down. None of that is natural, but it's all necessary to play a piece of music.