12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos is a 2018 self-help book by the Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson. It provides life advice through essays in abstract ethical principles, psychology, mythology, religion, and personal anecdotes.
RULE 1: STAND UP STRAIGHT WITH YOUR SHOULDERS BACK
So, attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them—at least the same right as others.
It was a very difficult book to read, not because the language was hard, but because it drops a great many red pills, especially early on regarding male-female relations (as a young man, this is particularly hard to swallow) and it can become overwhelming.
Why do they recommend it? Jordan Peterson wrote this extraordinary book, which was among Amazon's top 20 best-selling books. In 12 Rules for Life, Peterson argues that there is a right and wrong way to conduct your life. In contrast, he rejects the ambiguity...
Life rules defines why you are doing things, what you are doing and how. Actually they define who you are, but only if they are your personal rules, extracted from your own mind, soul and body. It is a long way and hard work.
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4 Rules in Life: Be Impeccable with your word, Don't take anything personally, Don't make assumption, and Always do your best.
1. The purpose of life is to be happy– the underlying rule of life. That is rule number 1. If you are happy, then whatever you have done in your life, makes sense, and if you are not happy, then it just means you ended up making some terrible mistakes on the way.
While an excess of chaos threatens us with uncertainty, an excess of order leads to a lack of curiosity and creative vitality. Beyond Order therefore calls on us to balance the two fundamental principles of reality – order and chaos – and reveals the profound meaning that can be found on the path that divides them.
As a child listens and understands at a higher level than he's able to read independently (right up to high school age), reading aloud provides children with the chance to listen and engage with texts beyond their own reading level — and this is wonderfully constructive for vocabulary development.
Rule 7: Pursue What is Meaningful (Not What is Expedient) To share does not mean to give away something you value, and get nothing back. That is instead only what every child who refuses to share fears it means.
In 12 Rules for Life, Rule #2 is “Treat Yourself Like Someone You Are Responsible for Helping.” What does this mean? Why would you not treat yourself like you're helping yourself? Why do you treat other people better? This is what Jordan Peterson's Rule 2 covers.
Rule 9: Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't. The author describes the virtue in living your life by engaging with others through meaningful conversation. The main problem is that most conversations are one-sided, often with each expressing a fixed perspective.
The most familiar version of the Golden Rule says, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Moral philosophy has barely taken notice of the golden rule in its own terms despite the rule's prominence in commonsense ethics.
Rule # 7 Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient) We know that suffering is a big part of life, if not the only thing. Regardless of your level of success or fame, the suffering will attend to you. If suffering in life is inevitable, then what should be one's strategy to deal with this reality?
In 12 Rules for Life, Rule #5 is “Do Not Let Your Children Do Anything That Makes You Dislike Them.” What does this mean? Why shouldn't you let your children act like brats? The ultimate point is that you have a responsibility to teach your child the rules of society. If you don't, society will, in a much meaner way.
Rule 11: Do not bother children when they are skateboarding.
The author describes the virtue in building competent, empowered individuals. The main problem is modern society's desire to shield people from the harsh realities of the world.
Rule 10: Be precise in your speech.
The consequence is that chaos emerges in complex situations, disrupting our sense of order and peace. The way forward is to think and express ourselves with careful and precise language.
In 12 Rules for Life, Rule #6 is “Set Your House In Perfect Order Before You Criticize The World.” What does this mean? Why would you need to care about your own affairs before you lash out at the world? In essence, the idea is that you need to take responsibility over your own misfortunes. Don't blame the world.