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Pay attention to the people you call your friends. In short, good friends will be the iron that sharpens our iron and makes us a better version of ourselves. Good friends will challenge, encourage, support, and even criticize us when necessary. Having good friends is much more than just having people with whom we get to do fun things. In Chapter 3 – using a painful anecdote from his own life – Peterson discusses the incredible power of friendships for good or evil in our lives. Rule #3: Make friends with people who want the best for you. Why would you think it acceptable to do anything less for yourself?” – Jordan Peterson
12 RULES FOR LIFE AUDIOBOOK NARRATED BY FULL
“You must help a child become a virtuous, responsible, awake being, capable of full reciprocity – able to take care of himself and others, and to thrive while doing so. You are, therefore, morally obliged to take care of yourself.” Jordan Peterson
You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world. You are important to other people as much to yourself.
And as much as 50% of medication given to individuals with chronic disease is not taken as prescribed.Īnd medicine is only one example of the way we should be properly caring for ourselves.Īs human beings, we can be self-critical to a fault. We would be present and available to care for the animal’s needs.īut when it comes to our own needs, how attentive are we? Year after year, studies continue to show that as much as 20 or 30% of medical prescriptions are never filled. If called upon to care for a sick animal, for example, most of us would carefully follow the protocol laid out for us. Most of us are far better at helping others than we are at helping ourselves. In chapter two of Peterson’s book, he explains that this injunction is as much a call to care for our neighbors as it is a call to care for ourselves. Whether or not we identify as Christian, most of us are familiar with the Bible’s golden rule to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Mark 12:31 NIV) Rule #2: Treat yourself like you are someone you are responsible for helping. Speak your mind … Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead.” – Jordan Peterson And since character is everything, good posture is a good place to start. Peterson believes people with good character often have good posture. Good posture can actually help us trick ourselves into the courage we want to have.
It means deciding to voluntarily transform the chaos of potential into the realities of habitable order … It means willingly undertaking the sacrifices necessary to generate a productive and meaningful reality.” – Jordan Peterson “To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open. Psychology has long recognized that good posture helps support good state of mind, and Peterson’s thoughts on this matter are consistent with that idea. This competent stance – head up, shoulders back – isn’t meant to be combative, but is designed to help us feel and therefore be courageous. It’s the opposite of a defensive posture. To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to open yourself up to the world. 12 Rules for Life delves deeply into the hidden realms lurking beneath our commonplace assumptions, enlightening the mind and spirit of its readers, keeping the chaos and nihilism that threaten and tempt the modern mind firmly at bay.Rule #1: Stand up straight with your shoulders back. Peterson discusses discipline, responsibility, and the necessity of clear, truthful thinking, distilling the discoveries of science and the lessons from the great myths of the world into 12 profound directives for living properly in today's ever-transforming world. Why should you never let your children do anything that makes you dislike them? Why did the ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay attention as the highest of their gods? What can we learn from the lowly lobster about standing up straight and moving forthrightly through life? Dr. Peterson tells us straightforwardly why skateboarding kids should be left alone, why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street, and what dreadful fate awaits those who carelessly criticize everything but themselves. Peterson, an intellectual provocateur like no one since the arrival of Camille Paglia, brings his uncompromising voice to readers wanting to lead a deeper and more profoundly meaningful life.Īt once informative, surprising and humorous, Dr.