12 Rules For Life
12 Rules For Life Full Book Summary And Notes

Pain is inevitable in life, but there are ways to alleviate it. This book provides twelve rules for us to abide by, each corresponding to a common life problem. When facing life’s conundrums, we should adopt a positive attitude, set goals, engage with issues, solve them, and take responsibility for our lives. When dealing with negative emotions, we should actively find ways to remove obstacles, establish a better outlook, and live a truthful life.

Overview | Chapter 1

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If someone says, dignified or worthless, people live like lobsters, would you agree? Don’t be so quick to shoot down the idea. Imagine one of your friends serves a lobster at a dinner party and asks everyone’s opinion of the impressive dish. What do you think they would say? Probably something along the lines of “Looks delicious!” or “Wow! Such a big lobster!”, right? Then, what if your friend continued by asking, “Who knows if this lobster is a king or a loser?”, most people would find this question laughable. Do lobsters even have such classifications? Yes, in reality, they actually do.

Lobsters shed their shells as they grow. When they molt, their bodies become soft, and the lobsters know they need to protect themselves from the outside environment, so finding a safe place to stay is vital. Unfortunately, good places are few and far between. Conflict may erupt when two lobsters have their eyes on the same territory.

Indeed, living is not always smooth, and we will encounter unexpected pain and suffering throughout life. However, do we really want to accept the life of a loser? Is that a responsible way to face the world? Are there strategies we can adopt to be easier on ourselves?

To these questions, in 12 Rules for Life, the author Jordan Peterson provides definite answers. Peterson worked as a dishwasher, a chef, a beekeeper, a worker on an oil field and various other manual-laboring occupations in order to survive. Through his own efforts, he aspired to become a teacher and is now a popular professor, highly respected by his students, and indeed, one of the most important thinkers on the world stage. He has been described by those he has taught as one of their top three life-changing lecturers.

In this book, Peterson condenses his research and life experience into twelve rules to help us solve significant life problems, including how to live positively, how to deal with pain, how to establish correct values, how to support children properly, and more. Follow these rules well, and your life will be enlightened.

Next, we will break down the main contents of the book into two sections:

Part One, Facing life head-on with a positive attitude

Part Two, Dealing with pain by being mindful

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