This he believes is due to the faulty value system that we possess. We believe that after we achieve a certain milestone we’ll be happy, but in reality, that happiness is only temporary. In everyday life, most of the people aim for happiness as a primary goal for their life, but Peterson argues that happiness for its own sake is a pretty worthless ambition. For example, “tell the truth” or “don’t avoid something frightening if it stands in your way and don’t do unnecessarily dangerous things.” In his book, he summarises all these points into 12 final rules explaining why he thinks that these rules should be the most valuable.

It is no wonder, however, that his response quickly got the attention of the readers as they were short and precise like a headline.

After receiving such an overwhelming reaction, he decided to write this book which finally was published in the year 2018. It initially began as a response to a question on the online forum Quora, “What are the most valuable things everyone should know?” His response to this question as of now has been “upvoted” by 11.7k readers. Peterson uses to make his arguments, I will say that the book is a good but a difficult read. Personally, despite all the criticism the book faced, especially with the biblical sources that Jordan B. The following review is not a summary of the novel, but rather tells you why you should consider reading it with some critique here and there. Peterson is also a YouTube intellectual with an audience of millions from all around the world. The book falls into the category of self-help as it advises on how to live life with its primary focus on the concepts of order and tradition. This is his second book after Maps of Meaning, which was published earlier in 1999. Peterson who is a prominent psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. 12 Rules For Life is a book written by Jordan B.

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