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12 Rules for Life

by Jordan B. Peterson

Three key ideas

  1. Pick a specific area where your actions matter and work to improve it.
  2. Caring for yourself is not indulgence, and it is not punishment either.
  3. Notice one specific improvement, then identify what comes next.

The five 2-minute lessons

  1. 1.Start with one concrete thing
  2. 2.You are worth caring for
  3. 3.Measure against where you started
  4. 4.Speak clearly, then listen
  5. 5.Choose meaning, keep limits

From the comic

I will fix this office and my entire existence before lunch.

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