12 rules for life

PPT deck summary of Jordan B. Peterson's 12 rules for life an antidote to chaos

1. 12 Rules for Life An antidote to chaos Adapted from the book by Jordan Peterson by Billy Schofield

2. Rule one Attend carefully to your posture. Quit drooping and hunching around. Speak your mind. Put your desires forward, as if you had a right to them-at least the same right as others. Walk tall and gaze forthrightly ahead. Dare to be dangerous. Encourage the serotonin to flow plentifully through your neural pathways, desperate for its calming influence. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

3. Rule two You are morally obliged to take care of yourself. You should take care of, help and be good to yourself the same as you would take care of , help and be good to someone you loved and valued. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

4. Rule three Make friends with people who want the best for you . If you have a friend whose friendship you wouldn't recommend to your sister, or father, or son, why would you have such a friend yourself? This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

5. Rule four Compare yourself to whom you were yesterday, not to who someone was else is today. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

6. Rule five Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them .

7. Rule six Start to stop doing what you know to be wrong. Do only the things that you could speak of with honor. Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world

8. Rule seven Do what is meaningful, not what is expedient. The successful among us delay gratification. They bargain with the future. The successful sacrifice . Expedient: convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

9. Rule eight Tell the truth. Or, at least, do not lie. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

10. Rule nine Assume that the person that you are listening to might know something you don’t Use reflective listening and the act of summary

11. Rule ten Be precise in your speech Say what you mean, act out what you say.

12. Rule eleven Do not bother children when they are skateboarding Let them take risks

13. Rule twelve Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street When the opportunity arises enjoy the wonder of Being