Rule 1: Balance Social Convention and Creative Change Do get a copy of our full 15-page summary for more details on all 12 rules. However, we’ve also included Peterson’s original wording in quotation marks below, for ease of reference. We have reworded the 12 rules to better capture the essence of the chapters and for the ease of digesting the key ideas. We’ll zoom into the first rule in detail, with a short outline of the remaining rules. Here’s a visual overview of the additional 12 rules in Beyond Order: Peterson had to accept the chaos in his life before he could recreate some semblance of order with the help of meaningful work and the love for/from his family and friends. The situation was compounded further by the Covid-19 pandemic. Peterson was even warded into intensive care. Peterson wrote and edited the bulk of this book during a time when various members of his family-including himself-were plagued by serious health problems. The best way to move forward is to embrace chaos along with order.

To find renewal, you need to move beyond order and step into the domain of chaos. When confronted by chaos, we may try to restore order by rigidly clinging to what we “know”, which only backfires.

Too much chaos is overwhelming, but too much order (e.g.

Chaos represents uncertainty and disruption, but also novelty and renewal.

Chaos is “unexplored territory”, where unexpected events or sudden changes can overwhelm and confuse us.

However, the truth is we don’t know how much we don’t know, and the world can quickly change beyond our comprehension and control. We treat this as a confirmation that our theory of the world is correct. Our lives seem to be in order when we’re moving closer to our desired goals or outcomes.

Order is “explored territory”, where things happen in accordance with what we know and the world makes sense.

In Beyond Order, he focuses on how to avoid excessive control and rigidity in times of upheavals.

In 12 Rules for Life, Peterson focused on how to cope with excessive chaos. Neither is better than the other they simply exist. Order and chaos are 2 sides of the same coin. Do also check out our complete summary bundle in pdf/mp3 infographic, text and audio formats! In this free Beyond Order summary, you’ll get an overview these 12 extra rules. In this book, he presents an additional 12 rules to help you embrace chaos and avoid rigidity in times of turbulence and confusion. In 12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson presented 12 rules to help you create a sense of order in a chaotic world.

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