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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
Some of the rules shown here are actual good advice, but Jordan seems to go off on tangents that don't really connect with the rule. I understand he is a psychologist and is known to ask deeper and deeper questions. But that is one of the critiques I have of him is he goes too far off of the subject. Plus if you are not a Christian, you might kinda struggle here since he ties lots of his ideas to scripture.
If this book was one thing, it was one hell of a ride. Three starts because at the core of it his rules (or at least 11 of them) are genuinely good advice for living a good live. That would be worth 5 stars (or 4 point something because I did not feel like I learned many new things). Then again there were many pages where I could not stand the book (style, structure, way of phrasing things, simplifications and over-generalisations and a general focus on how terrible life is which for me personally is just not the way to go). There I would give the book one star - or zero if possible.
Overall it is probably worth putting up with all the not-so-great-things and truly trying to listen and getting to the core of what he is saying and trying to make it work for you (but do skip chapter 11, this one is just not worth it, imo).
Overall it is probably worth putting up with all the not-so-great-things and truly trying to listen and getting to the core of what he is saying and trying to make it work for you (but do skip chapter 11, this one is just not worth it, imo).
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Is this what the neo-conservative understanding of the human condition has come to? Baby-ing purposeless people because 20,000 years of settled agriculture hasn’t undone millions of years of Darwinian evolution? Any half-smart person could figure my comment makes little sense but that’s only in the spirit of embodying this book- greatest attention to an attempt to sound scientific while barely concealing a half-assed go at cultivating a cult of personality
Considering there are over 6000 reviews of this book, I'll keep it short.
Yes, there are quite a few issues that Peterson points out in a way that can make you think.
But... After a while his bible/God references are getting tiresome and I actually found them rather offensive. It is almost as if the great psychologist has come to the marvelous insight that one needs some form of religion/higher being/whatever to be able to know the difference between right and wrong and to be able to grow. Without the fear for punishment one can not do the right thing.
At 80% of the book I was done with both his voice and what appears to be a Jesus complex.
And then I saw his webshop with mugs, socks and other paraphernalia.
Just another North-American who sees the world as his market square.
What a waste of breath.
Yes, there are quite a few issues that Peterson points out in a way that can make you think.
But... After a while his bible/God references are getting tiresome and I actually found them rather offensive. It is almost as if the great psychologist has come to the marvelous insight that one needs some form of religion/higher being/whatever to be able to know the difference between right and wrong and to be able to grow. Without the fear for punishment one can not do the right thing.
At 80% of the book I was done with both his voice and what appears to be a Jesus complex.
And then I saw his webshop with mugs, socks and other paraphernalia.
Just another North-American who sees the world as his market square.
What a waste of breath.
informative
inspiring
reflective
I know my profile says I read the book lol but I stopped at Rule 8. Honestly I had to really really push through to even read till there. The book is so slow and boring, don't get me wrong a lot of the tips make sense, but it really is super boring. So many unnecessary examples. The language is also very very difficult to understand.
I liked it, especially at the beginning it felt like quite an honest and interesting book with some practical life advice, but towards the end, it meandered a bit and I felt like there were some very random and pointless anecdotes or religious tales of no meaning. Overall probably worth reading ( :
I consider Jordan Peterson one of the less-malignant characters currently being propped up as a hero in anti-PC circles, so I came into this book with a pretty clear bias against him, but not the vitriol that I reserve for extremists; mostly, I want to understand people on the fringes of our current cultural battle.
As a clinical psychologist, Peterson offers solid insight into mindfulness, consideration, and coping mechanisms. On the other hand, his narration diverges heavily from the topics at hand (12 Rules for Life is the strict format, as well as the title of this book, but subheadings lead to plenty of journeys off the beaten path) and his constant theocratic moralizing gets old fast. I think this is basically a boring book written by a boring man, made notable and ironic due to the fact that it was written by a psychologist/philosopher in the midst of his very public and personal psychological and philosophical midlife crisis.
As a clinical psychologist, Peterson offers solid insight into mindfulness, consideration, and coping mechanisms. On the other hand, his narration diverges heavily from the topics at hand (12 Rules for Life is the strict format, as well as the title of this book, but subheadings lead to plenty of journeys off the beaten path) and his constant theocratic moralizing gets old fast. I think this is basically a boring book written by a boring man, made notable and ironic due to the fact that it was written by a psychologist/philosopher in the midst of his very public and personal psychological and philosophical midlife crisis.