Jordan Peterson
Clinical psychology, delivered at volume
Personal Growth
Peterson taught at Harvard and Toronto and wrote a dense book on belief systems that almost nobody read, then became one of the most argued-about people alive. Strip the politics and what remains is a clinician who spent decades with patients and is unusually direct about responsibility, order and the cost of avoiding what you already know you should do.
You don't have to terrify yourself to benefit.
"Concerned Letter from a Self Authoring User", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Don't feel that you have to push yourself too hard.
"Concerned Letter from a Self Authoring User", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Listen to yourself talk, as if a stranger was talking.
"Authentic Speech", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
It's also good to concentrate on what you have learned from the event.
"Concerned Letter from a Self Authoring User", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Make yourself a better person. Fix what you can and would fix. Start now.
"My New Year's Letter to the World", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
It's standard practice for facing the unknown to start with fear, even dread.
"Concerned Letter from a Self Authoring User", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Do a bad job, if necessary. There's nothing like a good bad job to get you started.
"Concerned Letter from a Self Authoring User", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Start small. As you master the process, you can safely and competently expand your reach.
"My New Year's Letter to the World", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Try to reformulate your speech until you can feel the ground under your feet solidifying.
"Authentic Speech", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Stop trying to use your speech to get what you want. You don't necessarily know what you want.
"Authentic Speech", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Try to articulate what you believe to be true as carefully as possible. Then, accept the outcome.
"Authentic Speech", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Assume that your truth, as lived and spoken, will produce the best possible outcome. It's an act of faith.
"Authentic Speech", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Even tentatively encountering feelings of dread and anxiety can be helpful, as long as you get something written down.
"Concerned Letter from a Self Authoring User", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
See if what you are saying makes you feel stronger, physically, or weaker. If it makes you feel weaker, stop saying it.
"Authentic Speech", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
There is something right in front of you, demanding repair, calling out to your conscience, if you would only attend to it, for your corrective efforts, however primitive they may yet be.
"My New Year's Letter to the World", jordanbpeterson.com · 2016
Read when you are avoiding something and have run out of good reasons
