Peterson noted that "it's all very well to think the meaning of life is happiness, but what happens when you're unhappy? Happiness is a great side effect. When it comes, accept it gratefully. But it's fleeting and unpredictable. It's not something to aim at — because it's not an aim. And if happiness is the purpose of life, what happens when you're unhappy? Then you're a failure". The book advances the idea that people are born with the instinct for ethics and meaning and should take responsibility to search for meaning above their own interests chapter eight, rule seven, "Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient".
Such thinking is reflected in contemporary stories such as Pinocchio, The Lion King and Harry Potter, or ancient stories from the Bible. To "Stand up straight with your shoulders back" title of first chapter is to "accept the terrible responsibility of life", to make self-sacrifice, because the individual must rise above victimization and "conduct his or her life in a manner that requires the rejection of immediate gratification, of natural and perverse desires alike".
The comparison to neurological structures and behavior of lobsters is used as a natural example to the formation of social hierarchies. The other parts of the work explore and criticize the state of young men, the upbringing which ignores sex differences between boys and girls criticism of overprotection and tabula rasa model in social sciences , male-female interpersonal relationships, school shootings, religion and moral nihilism, relativism and lack of respect to the values that build Western society.
In the last chapter, Peterson outlines ways one can cope with the most tragic events in a person's life, events that are often out of that individual's control. In it, he describes his own personal struggle when it was discovered that his daughter, Mikhaila, had a rare bone disease. The chapter is a meditation on how to maintain a watchful eye on, and cherish, life's small redeemable qualities i.
It also outlines a practical way to deal with hardship: to shorten one's temporal scope of responsibility e. Addeddate Identifier jordanb. I cannot do this book justice with my opinion; one needs to read it to do that. Some parts are iffy, others are phenomenal, but the whole book is just plain great! It is not one to breeze through then shelve. One reads it then rereads it again.
I would like to see it here in audio format. That would reinforce the text and there are times when reading is not practical and an audio version would fill in that lapse. Close Reset Password. Processing Please Don't Refresh the Page. Play Sample. Remove From Cart. Give as a Gift Send this book as a Gift! Book Rating Written By: Jordan B. Peterson Narrated By: Jordan B. Date: January Duration: 15 hours 56 minutes. Similar Titles. Reviews Cameron S. Jaewon K. Andrew L.
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