12 Rules for Life


12 Rules for Life


by Jordan Peterson


 

Jordan Peterson

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12 Rules for Life

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The book is divided into chapters with each title representing one of the following twelve specific rules for life as explained through an essay.

 

1.     Stand up straight with your shoulders back.

2.     Treat yourself like you are someone you are responsible for helping.

3.     Make friends with people who want the best for you.

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

5.     Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.

6.     Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.

7.     Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient).

8.     Tell the truth – or, at least, don't lie.

9.     Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't.

10.  Be precise in your speech.

11.  Do not bother children when they are skateboarding.

12.  Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street.