12 Rules for Life by Jordan

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分享：12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson

Amazon Best Sellers of 2019 in Books #24，定格日期：2019年7月15日。

Jordan B. Peterson’s 12 Rules For Life: An antidote to chaos was born as an answer to a question posed on the internet discussion forum Quora: “What are the most valuable things everyone should know?” Peterson, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, proposed a list of maxims, which became popular with Quora users.

Each of the ensuing chapters of 12 Rules is a series of meditations – or, less kindly, digressions – leading up to its titular rule, presented as the solution to a problem revealed therein about life and how to make order out of chaos.It is not an entirely optimistic book; Peterson has no problem facing head-on life’s suffering and malevolence. Some may find this a refreshing dose of reality, and some may find it dark and disturbing.

Each chapter explores one rule:

1.Stand up straight with your shoulders back.

2.Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping.

3.Make friends with people who want the best for you.

4.Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.

5.Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.

6.Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.

7.Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient).

8.Tell the truth—or, at least, don’t lie.

9.Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t.

10.Be precise in your speech.

11.Do not bother children when they are skateboarding.

12.Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.

Within these 12 rules, Peterson manages to traverse science and religion, history, and philosophy, simultaneously educating a reader who may not be well-versed in classical thinking, while breaking it all down to ideas as simple and practical as those above.

At times, the book takes, perhaps, more effort than it should to get through.For those who make it through, the effort will have been worth it. “12 Rules for Life” has the potential to expand minds and changes lives.