While an excess of chaos threatens us with uncertainty, an excess of order leads to a lack of curiosity and creative vitality.īeyond Order therefore calls on us to balance the two fundamental principles of reality – order and chaos – and reveals the profound meaning that can be found on the path that divides them. Now in this much-anticipated sequel, Peterson goes further, showing that part of life’s meaning comes from reaching out into the domain beyond what we know, and adapting to an ever-transforming world.

His insights have helped millions of readers and resonated powerfully around the world. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties.

Just like the idea of a human living solely on beef, salt, and water.A #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellerThe long-awaited sequel to 12 RULES FOR LIFE, which has sold over 5 million copies around the worldIn 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. That is undeniably good advice.īut the notion that only those with neat and tidy personal lives are allowed to criticize the world, is dangerous nonsense. Ironically, having a messy personal life doesn’t mean that Peterson’s emphasis on personal improvement, on finding meaning through responsibility, isn’t worth listening to. And it’s a rule that has no basis in reality - historical heroes like Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. That rule functions as a cudgel, to crush the idealism of young people. It’s the kind of thing that sounds innocuous on the surface - after all, what’s wrong with practicing what you preach? Surely, there are plenty of obnoxious activists who could use that advice.īut the way Peterson promoted this rule wasn’t meant to encourage - he was essentially telling activists to be quiet, to accept the world’s structural injustices, because they were imperfect and didn’t clean their rooms, or whatever. 'Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world.' Which seems incredibly hypocritical, considering his big rule, one that he consistently touted while public speaking, which reads: Now, Peterson is back, and he is about to release another self-help book, titled, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life.

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