12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another Audio-Book!
It was read by the author and I felt like listening to a podcast. It was cool to hear the tone of the author in some parts of the reading, as his voice got a bit shaky as he recounts some difficult memories and you could sense the change of his emotions. Peterson combines his professional experience as a therapist, along with his personal stories and a lot of different topics including religion, science, equality, communism, politics, gender equality, pets, animals, etc, etc. I think is a good read. He really goes across a lot of branches in one topic but comes back to the main idea eventually.
Here is the summary of the 12 rules:
Rule 1: Stand up straight with your shoulders back. (Like the Victoria Lobsters.)
Rule 2: You can begin by treating yourself, as if you were someone, you were responsible for helping.
Rule 3: Make friends with people who want the best for you.
Rule 4: Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.
Rule 5: Do not make your children do anything that makes you dislike them.
Rule 6: Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.
Rule 7: Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient.
Rule 8: Tell the truth, or at least, don’t lie.
Rule 9: Assume that the person you are listening to, might know something you don’t.
Rule 10: Be precise in your speech.
Rule 11: Do not bother children, when they are skate boarding.
Rule 12: Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street. Dogs are ok too.
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