12 RULES FOR LIFE AN ANTIDOTE TO CHAOS - Jordan B. Peterson

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ISBN: 978-0-241-35164-2 
Verdict: 👍 

I’m probably one of the very few people who didn’t really enjoy this read – don’t get me wrong, it’s  well written with great reviews elsewhere, probably just my taste.  

On this occasion maybe skip my review , skim before investing your time in it ?



The books delves into Jordan’s 12 rules , some great rules which he expands on – so I have listed them on the flow on the right ;

I did struggle to finish this and I did skip pages 185-192 - which he would probably say was similar to “The leaf, when perceived, might blind the observer to the tree. The Tree can blind him to the forest. And some things that are most real (such as the ever-present dominance hierarchy) cannot be “seen” at all.” (p13)

Beauty shames the ugly. Strength shames the weak. Death shames the living – and the Ideal shames us all p50

The one thing this book gave me and for that I am thankful to Mr Peterson – was that it was the first time I saw the quote from Jung which changed my mindset relating a set of private events 

“if you cannot understand why someone did something, look at the consequences – and infer the motivation “ p290 

 and as he calls it the psychological scalpel !! 


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