12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Unabridged)
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What are the most valuable things that everyone should know?
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.
Customer Reviews
Captivating.
I listened only to the sample. And that was enough for me to know that I need to buy this book. A previous reviewer rambled about how relevant some of the things are in this audiobook but the amount that you spend is less than 10 coffees. So go ahead.
One of the worst books
About 200 ”pages” too long. The explanations have little to do with the rules themselves and the book is full of adderall-induced rambling about humans behaving like animals, women being inferior and Bible references. The author also has a tendency of implying certain things, such as human dominance hierarchies, without explaining them further, but rather using weird animal comparisons without any direct scientific evidence to back up his comparisons.
Some of the advice is very helpful, but it is often buried underneath stories about something entirely irrelevant and forcibly ”intellectual” or biblical.