“12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” — Dr. Jordan B. Peterson (2018)
Sep 7, 2018 · 2 min read

“12 Rules for Life: An Andidote to Chaos” encapsulates the core principles Peterson discusses in his online lectures. Taking away some of the book’s key pieces of guidance towards living a more meaningful life, can be put into the following categories:
Healthy Soul
- Want what will make my life better
- Do not betray my soul
- Apprehend my personal truth
- Do not tell lies or do what I despise
- Use my body only in service of my soul
Relationships
- Stop casting pearls among swine
- Bargain as hard on your part as the other party does on theirs
- Make friendships with people who support your upward aim
- Review your resentment and either stop whining or speak up
Aims and action in the world
- Have goals within meta-goals to provide a structure for action
- Set ambitions to do with character and ability, not status and power
- Find work that challenges you and renders you productive and helpful
- Don’t make half-hearted sacrifices
Process of becoming
- Don’t sacrifice what I could be for what I am
- Have faith that my being can be corrected by becoming
- Allow the world and my spirit to unfold as they will
- Proper being is a process not a state; always place my becoming above my current being
