12 Rules Of Life By Jordan Peterson Summary

Non-Fiction Book Report The book that i read was 12 Rules of Life by Jordan Peterson. The books messages are very insightful and the author earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology. He has spent a decade plus about how people can be consumed by ideological philosophies. And before he spent just as much time on totalitarianism in Europe in the early half of the 20th century. As of late he has been an advocate for free speech and has cause a spur in the eyes of the left. This book is separated from his drama he had been thrown into for advocating against Bill C-16, Canadian legislation trying to force people to use whatever pronoun they wanted in universities. The book has 12 rules as the title explains. Stand up straight with your shoulders back is the first rule of the book and the main premise of this is to show that as evolution shows, if you carry yourself high and are not slouched over, you will seem more happy and more assertive. He helps explain this point by bringing up the evolution of lobsters. One of the facts about lobsters he mentions is how their nervous systems is extremely similar to the human nervous system. This helps show that because when lobsters are feeling more accomplished and more fulfilled with life,
This rules seems self explanatory. Don't surround yourself with people who bring you down. He opens the chapter talking about his small canadian town where the only thing there was to do was stay inside, drive around, or do drugs. He admits that every child in the town tried weed once and that he doesn't find it to be anymore harmful than alcohol. He then admits that people who keep down the path of drugs and alcohol they will end up bringing people down who are around him. He tells a story about how one of his childhood friends brought some hoodlum to his house and he was less than thrilled about the experience. He then says that it is ok to kick someone out of your life if u