Beyond Order, 12 More Rules for Life by Peterson, Jordan B. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Also by Jordan B. Peterson Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Table of Illustrations A Note from the Author in the Time of the Pandemic Overture Rule I: Do Not Carelessly Denigrate Social Institutions or Creative Achievement

Loneliness and Confusion Sanity as a Social Institution The Point of Pointing What Should We Point To? Bottom Up The Utility of the Fool The Necessity of Equals Top Dog Social Institutions Are Necessary—But Insufficient The Necessity of Balance Personality as Hierarchy—And Capacity for Transformation

Rule II: Imagine Who You Could Be, and Then Aim Single-Mindedly at That

Who Are You—And Who Could You Be? The Emergence of the Unforgettable Materia Prima: Who You Could Be (I) Polytheism into Monotheism, and the Emergence of the Virtuous Hero: Who You Could Be (II) Hero, Dragon, Death, and Rebirth: Who You Could Be (III) How to Act

Rule III: Do Not Hide Unwanted Things in the Fog

Those Damned Plates Just Not Worth the Fight Corruption: Commission and Omission What Is the Fog? Events and Memories

Rule IV: Notice That Opportunity Lurks Where Responsibility Has Been Abdicated

Make Yourself Invaluable Responsibility and Meaning Rescue Your Father: Osiris and Horus And Who Might That Be? Happiness and Responsibility Pick Up the Extra Weight

Rule V: Do Not Do What You Hate

Pathological Order in Its Day-To-Day Guise Fortify Your Position Practicalities

Rule VI: Abandon Ideology

The Wrong Places Perhaps He Is Only Sleeping The Fatal Attraction of the False Idol Ressentiment

Rule VII: Work as Hard as You Possibly Can on at Least One Thing and See What Happens

The Value of Heat and Pressure The Worst Decision of All Discipline and Unity Dogma and Spirit

Rule VIII: Try to Make One Room in Your Home as Beautiful as Possible

Cleaning Your Room Is Not Enough Memory and Vision The Land You Know, the Land You Do Not Know, and the Land You Cannot Even Imagine One Room Not Decoration

Rule IX: If Old Memories Still Upset You, Write Them Down Carefully and Completely

But Is Yesterday Finished with You? Do Not Fall Twice into the Same Pit Possessed by Ghosts Uncomprehended Malevolence Potential into Actuality The Word as Savior

Rule X: Plan and Work Diligently to Maintain the Romance in Your Relationship

The Unbearable Date Bedrock Christ in the Candle Negotiation, Tyranny, or Slavery The Domestic Economy Finally: Romance

Rule XI: Do Not Allow Yourself to Become Resentful, Deceitful, or Arrogant

The Story Is the Thing The Eternal Characters of the Human Drama Nature: Creation and Destruction Culture: Security and Tyranny The Individual: Hero and Adversary Resentment Deceit and Arrogance The Existential Danger of Arrogance and Deceit The Place You Should Be

Rule XII: Be Grateful in Spite of Your Suffering

Down Can Define Up The Mephistophelian Spirit Courage—But Superordinate, Love

Coda Notes Index About the Author