This episode is the final lecture in Season 2, Episode 53 of the Jordan B. Peterson 12 Rules for Life lectures. It's the last lecture in the series, and the final episode of Season 2. In this episode, Jordan talks about the importance of personal responsibility, and how it ties into the 12 Rules he wrote about in his new book, "The Rules For Life: How To Live A Good Life: 12 Simple Rules for a Good Life." He also talks about a new series created for those battling depression and anxiety. With decades of experience helping patients, Dr. Peterson offers a unique understanding of why you might be feeling this way. He provides a roadmap towards healing, showing that while the journey isn't easy, it's absolutely possible to find your way forward. If you're suffering, please know you are not alone. There's hope and there's a path to feeling better. Go to Daily Wire Plus now and start watching Dr. Jordan B Peterson on Depression and Anxiety. Let this be the first step towards the brighter future you deserve. On to something new next week, Jordan's daughter, Scarlett Peterson, is starting to speak in sentences again. She's still busy writing and editing his book, but she's starting to get her sentences together. That's a good sign. That's all for updates soon, I hope you enjoy this episode. Thank you very much, Michaela Peterson - Jordan (p.S. Note: This episode was recorded on February 23rd, 2019 from Auckland, New Zealand, where I did some work on a new podcast I'm working on a book I'm writing on the next episode of the show, The Rules for life. I'm still writing a book, and it's going to be out soon. I'll be out in March, so stay tuned for the next week. - Michaela and I'm starting a podcast soon. (Sorry about the delay in the next few weeks, but I'm trying to figure out how to do that.) - I'll get back to you guys! -- Thank you so much for all the love and support you all the support I've gotten so far. -- I appreciate it! -- thank you for all your support and support I appreciate you, I really appreciate it, love you, bye, bye! -- BABY LOVE YOU! -- Jordan -- -- - Kristy, Sarah ~ - MJ
00:03:21.000So, I was debating what to talk about today backstage, as I always do, trying to specify a particular
00:03:32.700problem that I could attack in a relatively new manner, and I thought I'd concentrate on three rules
00:03:45.160tonight. Weave them into a story, because they're related. All the rules in the book are related,
00:03:59.320because otherwise it doesn't really make much of a book. So, you know, I picked the 12 rules that did make it into the final draft on the basis of their
00:04:11.120integration, their potential integration, into a coherent narrative.
00:04:16.500And, but it gives me, also gives me a chance to play with different combinations of the rules, to highlight different elements of what are, is crucial, what's important.
00:04:30.500And, I've been kind of avoiding this one. I did some lectures on it early in the tour, but it's quite a difficult chapter, because it goes from what's quite mundane, in some sense, to what's as deep as deep can be, or at least as deep as I can go.
00:04:57.080And, it's hard to bridge that gap, and it's easy to make a mistake, but I'm going to try that. I'm going to try it anyways and see if I can manage it, manage to bridge that gap.
00:05:09.200So, rule two is treat yourself like you're someone responsible for helping.
00:05:18.060And, rule three is the social analog of that, I would say, in some sense, and also a logical conclusion of it, which is to make friends with people who want the best for you.
00:05:34.920And, then rule four is a set of instructions, in some sense, about how you might go about rule two, which would be taking care of yourself, as if you were someone, you were responsible for helping.
00:05:50.540Rule four is compare yourself to who you were yesterday, and not to who someone else is today.
00:06:01.500And, it's a reminder to a certain kind of humility, and realism, and also a, what would you call it, a maxim that allows you to maintain a necessary ideal,
00:06:19.700because ideals are necessary for reasons that we'll discover, or that we'll discuss, but they also can make you envious and jealous, especially, or angry,
00:06:33.840especially if you see if you haven't accomplished your ideal, and then if you also see, at least in principle, at least from your perspective,
00:06:41.700that other people have, and so it's often difficult to have an ideal, even if you need one, without becoming bitter as a consequence, and it's not helpful to be bitter.
00:06:58.660It just makes everything that's already not good worse, and unless that's what you want, it's not a very
00:07:06.720practical, or useful solution, not a well-advised solution.
00:08:43.600there's another literature that indicates that depressed people are actually more accurate in their self-assessment than non-depressed people,