Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

by Jordan B. Peterson

people depend on constant communication with others to keep their minds organized. We all need to think to keep things straight, but we mostly think by talking.

Constant communication with others is important for sanity

We need to talk—both to remember and to forget.

If you are not communicating about anything that engages other people, then the value of your communication—even the value of your very presence—risks falling to zero.

The individual is molded by the social world. But social institutions are molded, too, by the requirements of the individuals who compose them.

Humility: It is better to presume ignorance and invite learning than to assume sufficient knowledge and risk the consequent blindness.

Humility

Excuse the cliché, but it is necessary to walk before you can run. You may even have to crawl before you can walk.

Rule 6 ( from previous book 12 Rules for Life) : Put your house in perfect order before you criticize the world

which you most need to find will be found where you least wish to look.

The phoenix is a fowl that can die and be reborn forever. It has, therefore, throughout the ages, been a symbol of Christ, with whom the magical bird shares many features.

The Phoenix and The Christ

You cannot hit a target that you refuse to see.