Jordan Peterson: Beyond Order,
12 More Rules for Life:
Rules 1-6
EPISODE 130
Beyond Order, by Jordan Peterson is presented as a counterweight to 12 Rules for Life (buy on Amazon), offering a dozen new rules organized around the idea that as well as fighting the chaos that constantly threatens to engulf our lives, the book, Peterson writes, is an attempt to explain “how the dangers of too much security and control might be profitably avoided”.
The prescription includes: assume responsibility for your situation, dig deep to discover your capacity for self-discipline, and face life’s inevitable awfulness as unflinchingly as you can.
The main difference is a less individualistic approach, with more focus on friendship, marriage, and parenting, as if Peterson’s trials had underscored for him the degree to which we can only make it through life together.
SHOW OUTLINE
RULES 1-3:
CAUTION
Claire from 52 Living Ideas tells us about being cautious of modern idea structures and wraps up rules 1-6
Abandon Ideology (3m28)
BALANCE
There is a narrow line between too much order and too much chaos - you need both rigidity plus creativity
Do Not Carelessly Denigrate Social Institutions or Creative Achievements (2m42)
ADMISSION
Name the things you’d rather not admit, so you can go around them
Do Not Hide Unwanted Things in the Fog (2m13)
RULES 4-6:
SACRIFICE
Don’t sit around and get old, just accept that in Life you’ll make sacrifices
Imagine who you could be then aimed single-mindedly at that (2m49)
OPPORTUNITY
Story of the pharaoh, and how the weakness of others can be a gift; step into areas that others are afraid of
Notice that opportunity lurks where responsibility has been abdicated (2m35)
TRUTH
Don’t lie to others or yourself, in word or behavior
Do not do what you hate (1m51)
CLIP CREDITS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy9iySqdChg&t=14s&ab_channel=LeCharbonneurLeCharbonneur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5yyfGbXeog&ab_channel=52LivingIdeas52LivingIdeas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j5vSnR-azI&ab_channel=DoseofTruthDoseofTruth