Thursday, May 30, 2019

Peterson's Rules are better than Gibbs (and there are fewer of them)

12 Rules For Life, An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson; 2018; $25.95; 409 pages; Random House Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 978-0-345-81602-3; checked out from Multnomah County Library, Albina; 5/3/19-5/23/19

One of our teachers at church, who was also a classmate of mine in high school mentioned this book on Easter Sunday.  I decided to pick it up.  It is a great read and I am going to purchase a copy so that I can mark it up.  Each of the rules make sense after reading the book and many are self explanatory.  I think lots more people should read this book. 

10/10

Rule 1 Stand up straight with your shoulders back
Rule 2 Treat yourself like you would someone you are responsible for helping
Rule 3 Make friends with people who want the best for you
Rule 4 Compare yourself with who you were yesterday, not with who someone else is today
Rule 5 Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them
Rule 6 Set your house in perfect order before you criticise 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

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