02306cam a2200361 i 4500 1236525703 TxAuBib 20180515120000.0 170505s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2018000905 9780345816023 0345816021 TxAuBib rda Peterson, Jordan B., author. 12 rules for life : an antidote to chaos / Jordan B. Patterson ; foreword by Norman Doidge ; illustrations by Ethan Van Scriver. Twelve rules for life. Toronto : Random House Canada, [2018] Toronto : Random House Canada, [2018] xxxv, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-389) and index. 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. Aurhor Jordan Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life. 12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers. 20180515. Conduct of life Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY / Social. PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology. SELF-HELP / Personal Growth. Doidge, Norman, writer of foreword. Van Scriver, Ethan, illustrator.