12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson 📖
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“Behavior is imitated, then abstracted into play, formalized into drama and story, crystallized into myth and codified into religion—and only then criticized in philosophy, and provided, post-hoc, with rational underpinnings.”
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Study maths to understand physics
Study physics to understand chemistry
Study chemistry to understand biology
Study biology to understand psychology
Study psychology to understand economics
Study economics and philosophy to be free
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Attend to the day, but aim at the highest good.
Now, your trajectory is heavenward.
That makes you hopeful.
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Life is suffering.
That’s clear.
There is no more basic, irrefutable truth.
It’s basically what God tells Adam and Eve, immediately before he kicks them out of Paradise.
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Don’t hide baby monsters under the carpet.
They will flourish.
They will grow large in the dark.
Then, when you least expect it, they will jump out.
You will descend into an indeterminate, confusing hell, instead of ascending into the heaven of virtue and clarity.
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“And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.”
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To stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible
responsibility of life, with eyes wide open.
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“You're going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don't do. You don't get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you're going to take. That's it.”
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“If you don't say what you think then you kill your unborn self.”
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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.
Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead.
Dare to be dangerous.
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If you are suffering – well, that’s the norm.
People are limited and life is tragic.
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You must determine where you are going, so that you can bargain for yourself, so that you don’t end up resentful, vengeful and cruel.
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“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.”
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@Dostoevskyquot
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Be careful with what you tell yourself and others about what you have done, what you are doing, and where you are going.
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“The purpose of life, as far as I can tell… is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.”
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You must keep the promises you make to yourself, and reward yourself, so that you can trust and motivate yourself.
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“Stop saying those things that make you weak and ashamed. Say only those things that make you strong. Do only those things that you could speak of with honour.”
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“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”
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“You don't get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay.”
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“You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.”
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Can you imagine yourself in 10 years if instead of avoiding the things you know you should do, you actually did them every single day – That’s powerful.
- Jordan Peterson
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Rule 3: Make friends with people who want the best for you.
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“It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you're going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.”
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You need to consider the future and think:
“What might my life look like if I were caring for myself properly?”
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You could begin by treating yourself as if you were someone you were responsible for helping.
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Be careful. Put the things you can control in order.
Repair what is in disorder, and make what is already good better.
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You are by no means only what you already know.
You are also all that which you could know, if you only would.
Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
You should never give up the better that resides within for the security you already have!
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If you feel weak and rejected, and desperate, and confused, try telling the truth.
In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth.
That is what makes it Paradise.
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“There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.”
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“It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order. If you're going to insist on bending the world to your way, you better have your reasons.”
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No matter how good you are at something, or how you rank your accomplishments, there is someone out there who makes you look incompetent.
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You will discover that your less-corrupted soul, much stronger than it might otherwise have been, is able to bear those remaining, necessary, minimal, inescapable tragedies.
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To have meaning in your life is better than to have what you want, because you may neither know what you want, nor what you truly need.
Meaning is something that comes upon you, of its own accord.
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“There’s a worthy and noble ambition: strength in the face of adversity. That is very different from the wish for a life free of trouble.”
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Don’t blame capitalism, the radical left, or the iniquity of your enemies.
Don’t reorganize the state until you have ordered your own experience.
Have some humility.
If you cannot bring peace to your household, how dare you try to rule a city?
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Rule 4: Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
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The realization that pleasure could be usefully forestalled dawned on us with great difficulty.
It runs absolutely contrary to our ancient, fundamental animal instincts, which demand immediate satisfaction.
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“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
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You must keep the promises you make to yourself, and reward yourself, so that you can trust and motivate yourself.
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If you shirk the responsibility of confronting the unexpected, even when it appears in manageable doses, reality itself will become unsustainably disorganized and chaotic.
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And you must be cautious, because making your life better means adopting a lot of responsibility, and that takes more effort and care than living stupidly in pain and remaining arrogant, deceitful and resentful.
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“A certain amount of creativity and rebellion must be tolerated - or welcomed, depending on your point of view - to maintain the process of regeneration. Every rule was once a creative act, breaking other rules.”
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As the great nineteenth-century German philosopher
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"He whose life has a why can bear almost any how".
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People are very tough.
People can survive through much pain and loss.
But to persevere they must see the good in Being.
If they lose that, they are truly lost.
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“The purpose of life, as far as I can tell… is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.”
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"And you must be cautious, because making your life better means adopting a lot of responsibility, and that takes more effort and care than living stupidly in pain and remaining arrogant, deceitful and resentful."
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If you betray yourself, if you say untrue things, if you act out a lie, you weaken your character.
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Put the things you can control in order.
Repair what is in disorder, and make what is already good better.
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You’re going to pay a price for everything you do and everything you don’t do.
You don’t get to choose to not pay a price.
You get to choose which poison you’re going to take.
That’s it.
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Be careful with what you tell yourself and others about what you have done, what you are doing, and where you are going.
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Rule 9: Assume that the Person You Are Listening to Might Know Something You Don’t.
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Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction.
These are irresistible forces, able to motivate you over what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles.
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“Nietzsche said that a man’s worth was determined by how much truth he could tolerate.”
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“If you remember that something bad happened, and you can figure out why, then you can try to avoid that bad thing happening again. That’s the purpose of memory. It’s not “to remember the past.” It’s to stop the same damn thing from happening over and over.”
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No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.
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Here’s something to consider:
If you have a friend whose friendship you wouldn’t recommend to your sister, or your father, or your son, why would you have such a friend for yourself?
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You’re going to pay a price for everything you do and everything you don’t do.
You don’t get to choose to not pay a price.
You get to choose which poison you’re going to take.
That’s it.
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“If you don't say what you think then you kill your unborn self.”
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“You should not overlook the guidelines of your culture. Life is short, and you don’t have time to figure everything out on your own. The wisdom of the past was hard-earned, and your dead ancestors may have something useful to tell you).”
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Look for your inspiration to the victorious lobster, with its 350 million years of practical wisdom.
Stand up straight, with your shoulders back.
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If you fulfill your obligations everyday you don’t need to worry about the future.
- Jordan Peterson
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If you cannot bring peace to your household, how dare you try to rule a city.
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Everyone needs a concrete, specific goal—an ambition, and a purpose—to limit chaos and make intelligible sense of his or her life.
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Rule 8: Tell the Truth, or at least Don’t Lie.
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If you want to be excellent, staying consistent with your goals and positive habits over time will separate you from the herd of mediocrity.
It all starts with a goal. If you don’t have a destination in mind, you’re just adrift at sea going with the flow.
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Ask, and ye shall receive.
Knock, and the door will open.
If you ask, as if you want, and knock, as if you want to enter, you may be offered the chance to improve your life, a little; a lot; completely—and with that improvement, some progress will be made in Being itself.
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“You should not overlook the guidelines of your culture. Life is short, and you don’t have time to figure everything out on your own. The wisdom of the past was hard-earned, and your dead ancestors may have something useful to tell you).”
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“Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.”
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“The poor and stressed always die first, and in greater numbers. They are also much more susceptible to non- infectious diseases, such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease.”
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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.
Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead.
Dare to be dangerous.
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Life is suffering.
That’s clear.
There is no more basic, irrefutable truth.
It’s basically what God tells Adam and Eve, immediately before he kicks them out of Paradise.
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You have some vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.
You are, therefore, morally obliged to take care of yourself.
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Rule 9: Assume that the Person You Are Listening to Might Know Something You Don’t.
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Thus strengthened, you may be able to stand, even during the illness of a loved one, even during the death of a parent, and allow others to find strength alongside you when they would otherwise be overwhelmed with despair.
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“And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.”
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Can you imagine yourself in 10 years if instead of avoiding the things you know you should do, you actually did them every single day – That’s powerful.
- Jordan Peterson
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You are by no means only what you already know.
You are also all that which you could know, if you only would.
Thus, you should never sacrifice what you could be for what you are.
You should never give up the better that resides within for the security you already have!
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People are very tough.
People can survive through much pain and loss.
But to persevere they must see the good in Being.
If they lose that, they are truly lost.
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The past is fixed, but the future – it could be better.
It could be better, some precise amount – the amount that can be achieved, perhaps, in a day, with some minimal engagement.
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“There’s some real utility in gratitude. It’s also good protection against the dangers of victimhood and resentment.”
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If you cannot bring peace to your household, how dare you try to rule a city.
#12rulesforlife
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