12 Rules for Life

I have 3 books that have made me a before and after in my life: - the 4 hour work week - 48 laws of power - 12 rules for life

The Millionaire Fastlane - MJ DeMarco 12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson The Carnivore Diet - Paul Saladino The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey

I read it to see what all the fuss was about, and I can see why it would get controversial reviews. I don’t think it comes off as sexist or right-wing in the big picture, in fact it seems like an extremely old fashioned self-help book founded on liberal (as in enlightenment) and Christian (mainly protestant) values. Considering the controversy already surrounding Peterson the author really does himself no favours. Of course it’s entirely possibly that it’s intentional. Especially the first two chapters would easily be perceived as sexist if you were inclined to feminism. Every positive story Peterson tells in those two chapters is about order (and he uses masculinity to portray it), and every negative story is about chaos (which he uses femininity to portray). It’s so deeply rooted that every positive example story is even about a man while every negative example story is about a woman. Then at the end of chapter two or three he makes turns that upside down by displaying the negative sides of order along with the positive sides of chaos, and makes it clear that too much of either is bad. The path to a “good” life lies within the balance, showing how he’s not actually sexist at all,…

* A mind for numbers - Barbara Oakley - great framework for learning how to learn * Checklist manifesto - good for investing better * 12 Rule for life by JP - Great read, very in depth but only two rules (guidelines) are that needed.

The review I read in the Guardian barely talks about the content of the book, and mostly talks about Peterson's ideology instead (in a negative way, which reflects how bad the left-right chasm is. This is not a book about politics) Probably a good book to read to understand why Peterson has a lot of fans.

I read this too. It was an enjoyable read. You can safely ignore any commentary or review you read about this book since I have not found a single one yet that isn't incredibly biased. About half of reviews I've read seem to be written by people who didn't read the book at all, let alone skimmed it.

12 Rules for Life