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How should we live properly in a world of chaos and uncertainty? Jordan Peterson has helped millions of people, young and old, men and women, aim at a life of responsibility and meaning. Now he can help you. Drawing on his own work as a clinical psychologist and on lessons from humanity's oldest myths and stories, Peterson offers twelve profound and realistic principles to live by. After all, as he reminds us, we each have a vital role to play in the unfolding destiny of the world. Deep, rewarding and enlightening, 12 Rules for Life is a lifeboat built solidly for stormy seas: ancient wisdom applied to our contemporary problems. from publisher.

Foreword by Norman Doidge --- Overture --- Rule 1: Stand up straight with your shoulders back --- Rule 2: Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping --- Rule 3: Make friends with people who want the best for you --- Rule 4: Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today --- Rule 5: Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them --- Rule 6: Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world --- Rule 7: Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient) --- Rule 8: Tell the truth - or, at least, don't lie --- Rule 9: Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don't --- Rule 10: Be precise in your speech --- Rule 11: Do not bother children when they are skateboarding --- Rule 12: Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street --- Coda --- Acknowledgments --- Endnotes.