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12 Rules for Life

An Antidote to Chaos

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12 Rules for Life

Written by: Jordan B. Peterson
Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson
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Brought to you by Penguin.

#1 Sunday Times Bestseller

How should we live properly in a world of chaos and uncertainty?

Jordan Peterson has helped millions of people, young and old, men and women, aim at a life of responsibility and meaning. Now he can help you.

Drawing on his own work as a clinical psychologist and on lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, Peterson offers twelve profound and realistic principles to live by. After all, as he reminds us, we each have a vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world.

Deep, rewarding and enlightening, 12 Rules for Life is a lifeboat built solidly for stormy seas: ancient wisdom applied to our contemporary problems.

'The most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now.' New York Times

'Genuinely extraordinary...unmatched by any other modern thinker...A prophet for our times.' Daily Mail

'One of the most eclectic and stimulating public intellectuals at large today, fearless and impassioned.' Guardian

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Critic Reviews

Genuinely extraordinary... Unmatched by any other modern thinker ... A prophet for our times (Dominic Sandbrook)
The most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now
Everyone must read 12 Rules For Life... The most enlightening book I have read in ages. Google him if you like, if it makes you feel better. It will, by the way. But get the book, that is the most important thing. And then read it. And then pass it on to a friend (Chris Evans)
In a different intellectual league... Peterson can take the most difficult ideas and make them entertaining. This may be why his YouTube videos have had 35m views. He is fast becoming the closest that academia has to a rock star
Charismatic and exceptionally articulate.... Peterson is a new kind of public intellectual, using YouTube to spread ideas infinitely wider than predecessors such as Bertrand Russell or Isaiah Berlin (Amol Rajan)
Anyone who is in a position of leadership would find it very insightful ... Jordan Peterson is a profound writer (Gina Miller)
It is that rare thing: self-help that might actually be helpful
Fascinating ... Peterson is brilliant on many subjects (Bryan Appleyard)
One of the most eclectic and stimulating public intellectuals at large today, fearless and impassioned (Matthew d'Ancona)
Profound, charismatic and serious... One of the most important thinkers to emerge on the world stage for many years (Tim Lott)
All stars
Most relevant
I wish I had discovered this book sooner. Harsh truths of life which we don't want to discuss or think, listening to the audiobook makes you ponder about it. I recommend everyone to read this book.

Enlightening

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The rules themselves are excellent, and make a lot of sense. Some of the chapters are also very logical and well written. However some of the chapters are just random musings and rambling diatribes that made not sense to me. Maybe the author had too many ideas to share! However crisper and more focussed writing would have made the book much more useful. An over dependence on stories from the Bible and some classic texts also made the advice more anecdotal rather than scientific/universal. However, the narration was very engaging, clear and impactful!

Good rules, but sometimes rambling chapters

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This book opened my mind and my eyes to truths one may know but didn't know they know, it was a revelatory experience.
It has greatly moved me into a certain kind of responsibility that I never thought I could manifest in myself, it has deeply nourished me, and reading it would do the same for anyone else.
Thoroughly researched and very well connected insights.
Highly recommend this!

Insightfully profound!

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I really enjoyed it,
It feels like something I would like to tackle again. This books though filled with many Christian references is a very good way to understand some key concepts about the human mind.

Something to think about

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Buy this first! Other books you buy later. learned a lot of things from this book.

Must Buy

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