It took untold generations to get you where you are. A little gratitude might be in order.

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

You need to place one foot in what you have mastered and understood and the other in what you are currently exploring and mastering.

Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge.

When you have something to say, silence is a lie.

Perhaps you are overvaluing what you don’t have and undervaluing what you do.

You must determine where you are going in your life, because you cannot get there unless you move in that direction.

A simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.

Always place your becoming above your current being.

To suffer terribly and to know yourself as the cause: that is hell.

You can only find out what you actually believe rather than what you think you believe by watching how you act.

We are increasingly falling prey to the desperation of meaninglessness and that is no improvement at all.

Every bit of new information challenges a previous conception, forcing it to dissolve into chaos before it can be reborn as something better.

Jordan B. Peterson's main area of study is in abnormal, social, and personality psychology, with a particular interest in the psychology of religious and ideological belief, and the assessment and improvement of personality and performance.

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER  #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street. What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.

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Jordan Bernt Peterson is a Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He began to receive widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues, often described as conservative. Peterson has described himself as a classic British liberal and a traditionalist.

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