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12 Rules for Life

Name: 12 Rules for Life
Rating: 5 (20 reviews)
Author: Jordan B. Peterson
ISBN: 9780345816023

Jordan B. Peterson · 2018 · 448 pages

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Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan B Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of personality, and now he has become one of the world's most popular public thinkers, with his lectures on topics from the Bible to romantic relationships to mythology drawing tens of millions of viewers. In an era of unprecedented change and polarizing politics, his frank and refreshing message about the value of individual responsibility and ancient wisdom has resonated around the world.

In this book, he provides twelve profound and practical principles for how to live a meaningful life, from setting your house in order before criticising others to comparing yourself to who you were yesterday, not someone else today. Happiness is a pointless goal, he shows us. Instead we must search for meaning, not for its own sake, but as a defence against the suffering that is intrinsic to our existence.

Drawing on vivid examples from the author's clinical practice and personal life, cutting-edge psychology and philosophy, and lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, 12 Rules for Life offers a deeply rewarding antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to our modern problems.

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Naval Ravikant
“Vasishta Yoga, The Book of Nothing, Math (Better Explained), Skin in the Game, 12 Rules for Life, The Path to Love, Faraday Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field, Direct Truth, The Gay Science, Permutation City, The Order of a Time, and many, many others.”↗
Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints)
“Why read Jordan Peterson when Camille Paglia is right there? Tired of male misogynists being promoted over more qualified female misogynists”↗
PewDiePie
“Twelve rules of life. I didn't read the title it's a self-help book. I don't think I ever would have read a self-help book. It gave me a lot of new perspectives that I never thought I would even have, it was very interesting even reading about advice that doesn't resonate with me at all.”
Dominic D'Agostino
“Just finishing the Audio book version "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" read by the author Jordan Petersen. Fantastic book! @jordanbpeterson”↗
Andrew Price
“@stewheckenberg @jordanbpeterson Thanks mate. I almost wish the book was published under a different author so more people would give it a chance. It’s really one of the best “how to fix your life” books around.”↗
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