Jordan Peterson 12 Rules for Life

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Jordan B. Peterson

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unconscious, projection, psychoanalysis, the regressive potential of group psychology, — location: 200 ^ref-55652


upvote those answers they like, and downvote those they don’t. In this manner, the most useful answers — location: 348 ^ref-23990


They will fight, instead, to maintain the match between what they believe, what they expect, and what they desire. — location: 435 ^ref-9597


It is far better to render Beings in your care competent than to protect them. — location: 1286 ^ref-28330


generation of social psychologists recommended “positive illusions” as the only reliable route to mental health.69 Their credo? — location: 1890 ^ref-40772


Do you ask yourself what you want? Do you negotiate fairly with yourself? Or are you a tyrant, with yourself as slave? — location: 1949 ^ref-29872


When you have something to say, silence is a lie—and — location: 1966 ^ref-28820


worse boss. Maybe you need to say to yourself, “OK. I know we haven’t gotten along very well in the past. I’m sorry about that. I’m trying to improve. I’ll probably make some more mistakes along the way, but I’ll try to listen if you object. I’ll try to learn. I noticed, just now, today, that you weren’t really jumping at the opportunity to help when I asked. Is there something I could offer in return for your cooperation? — location: 2026 ^ref-30176


You are, on the one hand, the most complex thing in the entire universe, and on the other, someone who can’t even set the clock on your microwave. — location: 2269 ^ref-17218


“What could I do, that I would do, to make Life a little better?” — location: 2274 ^ref-17155


Change my mind!