12 Rules for Life

Summary of An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan Peterson

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos is a 2018 bestselling self-help book by Canadian clinical psychologist and psychology professor Jordan Peterson. The book includes abstract ethical principles about life influenced by and based on biology, literature, religion, myths, clinical experience and scientific research.

The book is divided into chapters with each title representing a specific rule for life explained in an essay. The founding idea is that "suffering is built into the structure of being," but although it can be unbearable, people have a choice either to withdraw, which is a "suicidal gesture", or to face and transcend it.

The book advances the idea that people are born with the instinct for ethics and meaning and should take responsibility to search for meaning above their own interests (chapter seven, "Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient").

This version includes 12 Rules for life and its short summary.

Outline of the book:

# Stand up straight with your shoulders back

# Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping

# Make friends with people who want the best for you

# Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today

# Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them

# Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world

# Pursue what is meaningful (not what is expedient)

# Tell the truth – or, at least, don’t lie

# Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t

# Be precise in your speech

# Do not bother children when they are skateboarding

# Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street

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