SELF IMPROVEMENT
Being a Good Person Does Not Mean Failing to Stand Up For Yourself
Become a monster, but then learn how to control it
I recently saw this video of Joe Rogan talking about some advice from Jordan Peterson:
A lot of people talk about good versus evil. It’s better to be good than evil. We all know that.
But the mistake some people make is they think being good means being nice to everyone all the time.
I made this mistake years ago. I was trying to be a good person, so I was being nice to everyone as much as possible.
But there is a problem with that approach. It gives other people no reason to behave themselves around you.
Sure, there are some people out there who will be nice to you all the time too, and that’s great. But there are other people who will not always be so nice to you. And if you’re always nice to them, no matter how they treat you, you give them no reason to correct their behaviour.
