Publisher: Random House Canada
Publication date: January 23, 2018
Print length: 416 pages
Customer Reviews: 4.7 out of 5 stars / 39,006 ratings
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What does everyone in the modern world need to know?
Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.
Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.
What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant and vengeful?
Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life.
12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.
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His stance on addiction is a little shaky as if getting addicted is a personal failure.
The other thing is that he doesn't seem leave much space for criticism unless you've cleaned your room, so to speak. That would make any situation above criticism because maybe your room isn't as tidy as it ever should be. Criticism or feedback are insights into how things could be made better. Why would I or anyone else hold back on those just because I happened to have not shaved/vacuumed/eaten like a monk?
Full disclosure, I've seen this book do wonders for some friends, so it's definitely a good read if you're younger and your dad wasn't always around.
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Climate change for instance. Ancient depictions of DNA in artwork. Here is a good discussion. https://medium.com/the-future-is-...db7d58f05f
Still, this book is golden.
The other thing is that he doesn't seem leave much space for criticism unless you've cleaned your room, so to speak. That would make any situation above criticism because maybe your room isn't as tidy as it ever should be. Criticism or feedback are insights into how things could be made better. Why would I or anyone else hold back on those just because I happened to have not shaved/vacuumed/eaten like a monk?
Full disclosure, I've seen this book do wonders for some friends, so it's definitely a good read if you're younger and your dad wasn't always around.
Which is crazy right because he became addicted to pills because of his wife's cancer and then went to Russia to go through withdrawal in a drug induced coma. Suffered some health effects as a result.
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peterson is a flake but "climate change" itself has become an infinitely elastic claim and used to promote dubious solutions so it is no stranger to kook viewpoints and scams
Tell that to a Jordan's critics. You know, in the land of make believe
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