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Jordan B. Peterson

born 1962Modern psychology & self-helpContemporary (1950 – today)Person

Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Toronto. His self-help book 12 Rules for Life (2018) became an international bestseller.

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Works

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

Quotes (6)

“Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping.”
— Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life (2018), Rule 2 (rule title); Random House Canada edition, checked against the book's contents as shown on Google Books (that listing drops punctuation)
Watch on YouTube (0:00–0:17) ↗Jordan B. Peterson discusses this rule (fan upload)
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping.
“Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient).”
— Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life (2018), Rule 7 (rule title); Random House Canada edition, checked against the book's contents as shown on Google Books (that listing drops punctuation)
Watch on YouTube (0:23–0:40) ↗Jordan B. Peterson discusses this rule (fan upload)
Watch on YouTube: Wasting Time and Opportunities (fan upload) ↗Jordan B. Peterson discusses this idea
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Pursue what is meaningful, not what is merely profitable.
“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.”
— Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life (2018), Rule 4 (rule title); Random House Canada edition, checked against the book's contents as shown on Google Books (that listing drops punctuation)
Watch on YouTube (0:00–0:16) ↗Jordan B. Peterson discusses this rule (fan upload)
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Ability grows with effort; measure yourself against who you were yesterday.
“Tell the truth—or, at least, don't lie.”
— Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life (2018), Rule 8 (rule title); Random House Canada edition, checked against the book's contents as shown on Google Books (that listing drops punctuation; dash corrected to the unspaced em dash of the printed chapter heading)
Watch on YouTube (0:00–0:10) ↗Jordan B. Peterson discusses this rule (fan upload)
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Tell the truth, or at least don't lie.
“Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.”
— Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life (2018), Rule 6 (rule title); Random House Canada edition, checked against the book's contents as shown on Google Books (that listing drops punctuation)
Watch on YouTube: Jordan Peterson: Rule 6 (fan upload) ↗Jordan B. Peterson discusses this rule (fan upload)
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Leave things better than you found them.
“Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't.”
— Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life (2018), Rule 9 (rule title); Random House Canada edition, checked against the book's contents as shown on Google Books (that listing drops punctuation)
Watch on YouTube (0:10–0:19) ↗Jordan B. Peterson discusses this rule (fan upload)
VerifiedsourceMaxim: Listen more than you speak.