The key question is not "who are you?" It is "who could you be?" Several "eternal forces" are at play in our deepest layers. We are more than our thoughts, identities, actions. Peterson, Beyond Order Rule Two- Imagine who you could be, and then aim single-mindedly at that "The best player is therefore not the winner of any given game but, among many other things, he or she who is invited by the largest number of others to play the most extensive series of games." "Sanity is knowing the rules of the social game, internalizing them, and following them." The sanity of individuals is pivotal when it comes to shaping a healthy society. Social institutions are necessary but not sufficient. Societies are a careful mosaic of social games. In well-functioning organizations, it is the most competent individual who rises to the top, recognized by others for his ability and intellectual capacities. There must be competence over time in order for authority and power to arise. Confusing or even mixing the two concepts (power and competence) is a dangerous mistake. Power is not the landmark of functioning societies. But one does not become top dog merely through power. Peterson, in being the "top dog" in a community and society at large. We can expand our efforts to the broader community once we have our "house in perfect order." There is utility, according to dr. Personal responsibility needs to be coherently integrated with society and the broader community. Society is composed of the people we surround ourselves with, the wider community, social institutions. While our individual responsibility and actions are the most immediate means of power we all have available, society shapes our personas. Rule One - Do not carelessly denigrate social institutions or creative achievement Peterson's work): personal responsibility.īelow is a breakdown of each rule, accompanied with a description of it. The recurring underlying theme (omnipresent in dr. Peterson in this book form a north star that can guide our existence. All together, the twelve rules presented by dr. Striking a great balance between chaos and order, yin and yang, is the ultimate ingredient of a meaningful life. As a matter of fact, excess order in our life is just as dangerous as excess chaos, contrarily to what some of us may think. Peterson provides twelve additional principles for life to bring back the balance of order and chaos when there is excess order, broadly speaking.
In Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, dr.
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