Jordan Peterson - Pick Something, Rather Than Nothing
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- Peterson stresses the importance of finding a primary discipline as it's necessary if you really want to succeed in life. Picking something you may or may not want to master is better than not settling for anything at all.
Source: • Q & A 2018 08 August B
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The novelist Gustave Flaubert said of artists, "Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work".
Love it
Excellent quote. Thanks for sharing
I wish TH-cam had a love button
Such a wisdom
I love it
So basically, act yourself into a better way of feeling; don't wait until you can feel yourself into a better way of acting.
fake name listen again, and question the conclusions previously drawn
You're searching around for happiness, Peterson is talking about building life skill in this video, and "making ourselves useful"
But, if you want happiness, recognize that the nature of your existence is determined by you. If you had control over your mind, would you choose pleasantness or negativity? So the answer to the question I think you should be seeking friend, is "how can I make my mind and my 'self' one"?
Good luck stranger
it's not so easy, controlling your emotions looks like an alien species... live long and prosper
what the fuck are you even saying fakename
yes, but you can access an upward spiral at multiple points in the though-feeling-action chain
A doctor phil quote?
1. Increase conscientiousness - clean your room, organize your life, create a routine, wake up and sleep same time, established disciplined habits
2. Schedule - set up the day you want to have
3. Pick something rather than nothing - you need disciplined routine
I am truly thankful for the existence of this man
Arnt we all!
@Johnny Yang elaborate 😐
amen
“If you can’t figure out what you should, then guess”. Thank you.
Lol
Doing this turned out to be horribly depressing. I spent over a week giving it real thought and writing a lot. After struggling to get past all the u realistic stuff I wanted and sort out a realistic ideal life for myself I diligently mapped out how to get there. The problem is that after I completed it I was left utterly unmotivated and depressed. My realistic ideal life was true and clear, and the way to obtain it reasonable and perfectly achievable. But it turns out that even my ideal life is too rubbish to actually motivate me at all. Its not good enough. Its not enough for me.
@@someonesomeone25 either your goal isn't big enough or you dont see or actually have enough mysteries what I mean is you probably think you know all the mysteries or you think your already good enough you need to realize how smart you are and keep raising the bar until you can say your the biggest shit
@@hiwhatexpectedarealnamewit3244 My goal was as big as I can realistically expect and that I genuinelly desire (although not as much as my unrealistic desires). I'm not sure what else I can write down as a life goal or purpose. It may be that I simply am not motivated by anything I can realistically achieve. That must happen to some people.
@@someonesomeone25 I'm not trying to sound mean or anything or make you think I'm not worth listening to but if this doesn't help like if theres more you need to hear I'll be here
I picked this video instead of nothing
Good start!
Excellent start!
So how’s it going?
Good, now go and clean your room !
Joe Faulkner seems like a common situation. You choose from the left overs, what everyone else doesn’t want. Must be a horrible life. Lol.
I just had a realization about schedules :
When you start scheduling your life, you simply don't know what elements your schedule needs, because you don't know yourself well enough.
Start making a schedule that isn't full and then gradually build it up and make it fuller as you get to know yourself.
This is a really good point, I'll keep this in mind when I make my own schedule. Thanks
Yeah I never knew that even you can forget who you are forget what you actually care about but it happens when your not focused and let all the problems get bigger
Yeah,I agree.I've realized this when I was doing my schedule and struggling to organize some activities,like "what should I prioritize" and stuff like that
🤔😳🤯
Thank you! I’ve been frantic about not being able to do things in my schedule and then procrastinating because I felt overwhelmed. The idea that it’s because I can’t narrow down my life _because_ I don’t really know myself is huge!
I had a summer job laying concrete, and I once asked my Foreman why he decided to do concrete. He literally just shrugged and said "its as good as any job"
He was a reasonably happy person, who was a master at what he did. And he wasn't even sure why he was doing it. Gives me some hope nonetheless.
TheUplander14 concrete is a huge bitch broke myself doing it for a summer when I was 16
Two people laying bricks One says "I lay bricks because I have to for my job", the other says "I am building a cathedral that will last 3 thousand years".
Sexy Vegan Two Prostitutes.
One says " I do sex"
The other says, " I'm continuing the tradition of men before me who helped develop civilization and modernity. I am making the future possible."
Rollo Lawson you’re a fucking weirdo
Ethan-630 Dude had his shit together.
Alchemy: put your life together- increase discipline, schedule, design a week of productive days and responsibilities every day. That is reorganizing one’s surroundings. Have traditional conservative life other areas beside your creative field. Don’t try to be everything. Have one primary discipline to master. Then you can branch out.
Good
This is why you make your bed every morning. Small task leads to larger tasks.
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This is really true advice in terms of becoming more conscientious to keep neuroticism at bay. I used to have crippling/impending doom anxiety a lot and once I started working out, keeping my room clean, and going to bed at a semi reasonable hour (not 3-4am) my anxiety has become a lot more manageable and I allow myself to be creative now instead of suppressing it. I think what made me so neurotic was trying to ignore who I was deep down. If you’re creative and you don’t create an outlet it’s soul crushing
I don't understand why people are telling me to stop listening to him (because of his reputation at U of T). I absolutely love this mini lecture and will use some of his advice to give to my developing fetus when it's a child. I wish I heard him when I was 17 years old.
Those people are so bloody ignorant.
good luck! :)
You have some evil people around you then.
Unfortunately you're around people who can't stand diversity of thought, which is absolutely terrifying given how common that is.
The unfortunate reasons in my belief of course which is just an assumption. The reason they are telling you to stop because most people are stagnated. It's a habit for them to be comfortable. Eventually ignorance is knocking on the door way. This people are not meant to grow you or guide you towards a better path, but instead keep you with a ceiling not above your potential. Unfortunately it may be your friends & family members closes one to you. Open your eyes & ears
This man has changed my life.
His advice is priceless.
Beautiful man. We are indeed lucky to have him in this world. Especially during this confused age.
Beautiful , man*
although Jordan is pretty good looking.
I am a jack of all trades (construction). I was damn good with my hands. I never seemed to find my passion. Now I am a supervisor working to organize chaos and low skill to meet deadlines. My technique is simple, I write everything down to free up brain power to solve problems. Having all of your ducks in a row makes problem solving easier. JP is spot on as usual.
As long as I tell myself to “keep moving” and follow that advice, my days are decent. Conscientiousness really does suppress neuroticism.
Verbatim what Tolstoy said: "We always talk about changing the world but we never talk about changing ourselves." I feel like the modern world is what Pierre was feeling in War and Peace. What do you want to achieve grandly to improve your own simple complexity.
4:16 hearing these words sent a surge of energy through my body
Best advice I have ever heard. It speaks to the core. How can you not love this man! He may save the world.
Some people are smart some are tall some are athletic, Jordan Peteron is plain SENSIBLE.
Love it! I am a non-native english speaker and it took me quite some time on figuring out how to write “conscientiousness” so I can translate it to my native language and properly understand what the word means. What a problem...
Very few native english speakers know this word.
@@rubyduby2656 Nonsense.
@@karlk9316 You're the one speaking nonsense. I have a 12 year university education including a Masters degree and I've never heard ANYBODY other than Jordan Peterson use the word "conscientiousness" in my life. Perhaps it's more commonly used in the USA, but, non-native speakers shouldn't waste their time learning how to write it.
It's NOT a word which regular English speakers use or know. Jordan Peterson is an academic. Conscientiousness is academic terminology.
This was the first time I felt my "problem" was addressed. I dont firmly believe i anything , if someone has more knowledge or puts enough effort into it I can be convinced into anything , this also means that taking my own decisions especially those that are very important like career stump me because I dont feel the same strong emotions to pursue any particular thing. This has resulted in me just hanging in a limbo of analysis paralysis. He so correctly said that changing my temperament would take very long or in fact might never happen. I'll just follow discipline and do stuff now , its worthless to spend literal years agonizing over stuff that cannot be 100% decided anyway
This really speaks to me inside. I've been so lost for so long. The closest I came to that discipline was going back to higher education to study for a specific field of work, until I had to leave due to illness.
Maybe it's time to throw the dart at the board and get going again.
Nice touch with the glass of wine.
I could watch any JBP video and he'll always tell me something that'll start making sense in regards to my life and situation.
Good vid. Pick something, see where it goes. Although as a professional creative for many years (writer) I would say start with discipline, sit your arse down and write 1000 words a day, 4 hours a day of learning lines, paint every morning will get you further down your creative path than firing off in all directions.
Amazing how he has you look at the details of the trees to see and understand the forest..... Then he zooms out to show the forest....so as to understand the trees!!!!
This is a real gamechanger, for almost a year I was thinking about what I could do to fulfill myself and do what I like (I dont rly know what I like, bc Im still young), I was so critical about all of this and so unmotivated to do anything that it got at a point where I almost felt like I got depressed, the only thoughts in my head where what I should do in the future... I am starting to see that thinking about this every day wont change anything and I wont find out what I would like to do, as he said "you need to have a primary dicipline", for most people going to school or to work isnt a primary dicipline just like it isnt for me, so I will dedicate most of my free time on something I would do most likely when I have free time (for my case its making music... could also be writing, drawing, programming or just your work) but just pick something, rather than nothing
That was rad! This guy is like an angelic chiropractor with a hammer.
That’s quite a word picture lol
Haha
I was the one who asked that question 😊😂
I love you for asking this question, Betty Boo's Sister. I needed this very much.
Thanks.
Thanks man 😂
I want to ask a question too. Where do I submit my questions?
Thank you for asking it
JBP is a godsend!!! So much wisdom, so clearly and succinctly expressed. It's mind-boggling.
He's perfectly describing why I'm so into kung fu nowadays. My life is still chaos, but this one set of discipline has helped me immensely.
His advice for trying to follow a conservative routine probably would help me a lot. It's just a lot of work for someone like me, who basically grew without the support of parents. I literally have no point of reference here, and I have to do all this work by myself, from ground up.
Oh well, no one ever said life would be easy.
Yeah man, I do the same with salsa. My parents were hopeless too and they have very little to show for having just lived for themselves, for the last twenty or ten years left of their lives.
Good luck, Robban.
@Rollo - I also have four decades, my flat is a shit hole, stuff everywhere, but the thing is, even though I hate it, I am more scared of what will happen if I tidy it and sort my shit out. What if I do that and I still have no life and people still don't like me and I have no where else to go. Man, life goes by so fast tick tock and you've lost a month, tick tock tick there's a year gone!
solatiumz Your room will never be clean if you do not even try. At least there is the possibility of something to look forward to if you try.
You do not need to do it all at once. Just focus on cleaning a single item, something managable. Before you know it all the peices will come together and form a clean room.
Best wishes.
@Cru - thank you for that, I know I need to do it, but it is overwhelming. I have enough crap to fill a 3 bed house in a 1 bed apartment.
This explained my problems perfectly. Damn. I've learned more about myself over two days from binging JP vids than from any other process
u r not academic
"If you're everything, you're also nothing."
That's damn true!
on being a jack of all trades. I need to complete my master's thesis, I have one week left and I'm fighting with time, while I had 3 plus years. but when I was supposed to give all my time to working on the thesis, I learned french, tried part time jobs, helped my family when they were sick in hospital and passed in a second university. all that because I thought I was being smart and I had a lot of time. In the end it took me more time from my life, 3plus years instead of 2. and I dug my own grave in terms of anxiety and lack of structure or programme. I lived a burnout this year and my immune system weakened...
Ooof. I hear ya. I'm the same way but more motivated towards occluded sciences versus intellectual pursuits. Check out the tradition called Drukama, it's where I ended up. Rock on!
@@kittywampusdrums4963 some form of gnosticism group? well what a coincidence , I 'm orthodox Christian, my master's is on Christian education
u burnout from your masters d
from masters , running to hospitals and trying to go out at the same time
I don't care what people have said about the outro of this video. It's a funky contrast to the serious topic of these videos. I love it!
So true about consciousnesses helping to reduce neuroticism. After I completed the self-authoring exercise, I realized that one of my main barriers to success was a very high anxiety just before initiating tasks, leading to constant procrastination. I thought this would be one of the things I should work on separately, but realized after a while that simply organizing my life (planning, scheduling, commuting to a plan) reduced the anxiety. I became less neurotic. I did not see that coming!
This is what I had to do...I really could have chosen to do many different things, but I made myself choose one thing rather than finding my passion... I just chose something and got my Master’s in it. I am still neurotic and creative but I forced myself to choose something, anything and go forward with it and it was very helpful for me. I hope you, whoever you are, if you are like this, as am I, will take his advice in the interest of your well-being. I did and it has helped. I am not less neurotic but it has definitely helped me to manage my personality structure.
Gosh im 18 and this describes me so much. Even the thought of picking that 'one thing' and basically leaving all others behind depresses me
@@khyati7733 you can still have hobbies though
Dr. Jordan Peterson is doing such fantastic work. He talks about the things that matter the most in life
I’m 40 years old and I had to google quite a few of his words . I feel thick as shit listening to Peterson at times but dam is he good and very Helpful!!
He is great. He gives us what we don't get from anyone IRL.
Be the best version of yourself!! God bless Dr. Peterson!!
Bro this is gold. Watched it quite a while ago and haven’t sort my life out but after gone through some more experiences I came back at this and can tell he’s absolutely right.
What a great combination of Peterson, a YT channel that includes philosophical approach to the life of the artist and relevant comments to learn from. New subscriber..ty
Skateboarding is the most difficult discipline I ever known. Learning to play the guitar in comparison was easy
“He who has attained mastery of an art, reveals it in his every action”
Chris Keegan how good are you at guitar compared to skateboarding though
I'd say the opposite is the case. It's a lot easier to physically fall down and stand up again than psychologically
I am creative by nature.I think fast and see things and notice weird things and think in images and tend to gather knowledge by feeling rather than rationalising.I connect things fast,I am impulsive.It takes tremendous effort for me to organise my surroundings ..my environment is pretty chaotic.I am now trying to fix that ,it is bloody hard because I feel I have to change something that has been so fundamental for me for years.But unless I do that,I will only spiral down in chaos,there's no doubt ,I've done it too many times..
Same for me. ♡
An advice I took from this: get a gym schedule (one day back, one day chest, etc.) and go to the gym no matter what even for just 40 minutes. Try to get a friend to go with you if not then go alone.
At 27 years old after a year of listening to Jordan Peterson about “cleaning your room” I realized he doesn’t necessarily mean just clean your room, he also means clean your body (or your roots) because it’s housing your soul
A clean body promotes a clean mind which promotes cleaner thoughts and only then can you formulate a realistic plan for getting your life in order.
After a month of being at the gym I can attest to it finally lifting my depression + seeing the results from the gym is extra.
I absolutely love myself for sticking to this simple yet effective gym routine because I am willingly and voluntarily struggling. I wish I can reach as many people as I can to let them know how life changing this will be if you focus on nothing else but lifting weights to promote more testosterone which in turn has a positive spiral effect in all areas of your life especially your mind and soul.
Thank you for reading this far, I wish you all the best
Not a fresh concept of people who are slave of to many passions these days, but the way you have put it sir Im looking foroward to 2021
Thank God for Fairview Alberta, interesting how someone like Jordan , who seemed to have come out of nowhere for most of us & stepped up to the plate at a time when there was a huge need....Yes
Man, this fuckin' moved me emotionally.
What he ends on at about 4:45 is just beautiful
“The problem with been everything is that you are also nothing at the same time because you never specialized it”
I would like to hear this every morning. To stop scattering myself.
Such great advice. I followed this advice from his lecture a few yrs ago and have had amazing outcomes. When I got out of business school I worked a job doing general business tasks like placing orders and shipping. But i felt i wasnt really good at any specific subject, esp because business is broad, just like Pan. I wasnt useless, but I needed more direction. I knew a small bit about IT, so i took a leap of faith and started learning to code in my free time. Over a few months of lots of study in my free time, i wasnt sure if I had picked something stupid or not. Why get 2 business degrees just to go change gears to do IT/code? Well, over that year i just kept going bc i had no other direction or guidance, and I made a website with php, python, mysql, etc. from what i had learned. A few months later, a job that paid 50% more than my business job opened up, and they needed business people who could write PHP and other web code. I showed them my site and told them of my business background, and now im still working that job. I work as hard or less than my previous job, bit get paid 50% more. Some luck involved fot sure, but without that luck, id still be well positioned to get paid more, and now ive got new visions of working from home or starting a software company. I now have options i never could have had without taking that blind leap of faith, and Peterson's advice was a significant factor in following through with it.
How's it going now?
Man I needed this.
Figuring out who I am is extremely difficult for me, mostly because I don't really understand 'having an identity'...
I'm a 28yo Belgian male and I've been looking for a life that suits me for over 10 years.
- at 14, I started as a 'flagguy' at an indoor karting, was the mechanic when I left (just Honda 250cc 4 strokes so nothing too crazy).
-at 18, I took a chemistry class and started working at Fina (same job as Homer Simpson).
-at 21, I started working in a restaurant.
-at 22, i started as a windowcleaner in a company. A few months later, the same company asked me if i would like to start in their heavy duty cleaning team(suicides, murders, familydrama's)
-at 24, I started working as a mechanic for cleaning machines ( the ones that clean supermarkets with the substractor on the back)
-at 25, I bought a small Greek restaurant with my sister
-at 27, i started working in the same restaurant that I worked in at 21. Then someone approached me and asked if I was interested in becoming a drone pilot. So i took the class(3000€!!!!) and just recently finished it. So now suddenly I'm also a drone pilot.
Now at 28, a good friend asked me if I wanted to go with him to Angola, Afrika for work i don't really know yet.
Does anyone recognize this in any way? Can you please leave a comment because I don't know anymore. It feels like I'm floating on the open sea in a stupid broken boat. Sometimes I can see an island in the distance but when I look to the right, I see a twin
turbo V12 motorboat already heading that way... Sigh. Thank you for reading my nonsens
I am similar in a lot of ways. I am a 28yo American male. I've worked 29 different jobs since I was 16. Mostly they're in blue collar environments: warehouses, delivery driving, cleaning, production, landscaping. Some I would last a few hours, few days, few weeks and occasionally a few months or years. I've always known the real world of work would never work for me and yet I go into it again and again to pay the bills and keep the lights on. I think this is a normal part of being a human that thinks or feels different in a lot of ways. I'm a creative but have never put myself to one creative discipline either. I play several instruments, write, take photos, play around with film sometimes. I never stick with anything long enough to finish completely. I identify a lot with this comment and with this video. I don't know if figuring yourself out is so much about what you do externally, but more so internally how you feel about yourself. I generally know who I am and what I'm interested in and yet my attention and actions go all over the place. I would say for you to continue showing up to life. Eventually things will make sense. They are beginning to come clear to me, though the lens of life is still dusty. If you have an opportunity to go to Africa (or if it has already happened), of course do not pass on the opportunity. Maybe for some people it makes more sense to bounce around from different jobs or careers to live a more useful and dynamic life. I would never be happy doing the same things everyday but I would also like to add more meaning and nourishment to my work endeavors instead of jobs that corrode my soul. I know a lot of people feel this way. You may feel like others have their lives figured out because they have a career or accomplishments, but perhaps they are out of order in other areas. You're on an interesting path that is unique to you and yet familiar to many. You'll have a more eclectic and worthwhile life. Whatever you find that is your path, or just like this video says, to just pick something, all the jobs and opportunities you've had along the way will help in some way. Despite hating the conventional working world I still know I've learned a lot in those environments. My pursuit will always be in the creative space. However that looks in life, if I ever get any amount of "success", I will be endlessly grateful since I've lived 10+ years of bouncing around from shitty jobs first. I'm still in the normal workforce as I type this. We shall see how it evolves. Hopefully this was some help to you.
Are you happy? Do you feel self satisfaction? Do you feel fulfilled?
I would use all that expierance to start something like A business or study something for a Traveling job
This is spot on. There can be no (creative) chaos without order. All of life is duality (life/death, light/shadow, love/hate). Integration of our duality is key to full on living. I love how he says 'when I was tearing myself apart psychologically'. As a proxy for know myself (my human self), there is no more important, difficult or rewarding task. I finally understand what reflection and 'sitting with myself' means.
I really love this guy and honestly, the comment stream on this video restores my faith in the underlying inherent intelligence and goodness in people.
Thank you Mr Peterson!
Everyone should have 3 sets of skills.
The first set is so you can look after yourself (be able to cook a meal, wash your laundry, budget your income...).
The second set is a sellable set of skills so you can have an income (let it be a lawyer, a mechanic etc).
The 3rd set is the ones that bring you joy. (As in your creative outlet, it could be a good way to bring in a supplementary 8ncome...).
This reminds me of the brilliantly outrageous British comedy actor and raconteur Kenneth Williams. His room was by all accounts spotless.
Wow this just helped me a lot! I am exactly like that, everything is ibteresting ALL the time and then it is so hard to pick... it really is true that a cobservative lifestyle helps!
I wish I heard this 2 years ago but I'm glad Im hearing it now.
CurbsideUnderwood close your eyes and listen to Our father Kermit
I don't feel very proud to say that I just couldn't stick to my schedule. Yes obviously I am doing something wrong, maybe I am setting my schedule in a wrong way.
But even despite of that, I have became way way way way way better than I was, just because i am implementing.what Dr. Jordan Peterson teaches (self development).
I might be less industrious, but it's ok! Life is getting better, and better.
Thanks for compiling the clips like you have,
it's very helpful to get compressed, bite-sized wisdom!
Good advice Jordan, must say, looking back, looking forward. Have always been very diciplined, and amazed how I managed all my life to work, touch other,as they touched me...as off today. Look around in my Studio , amazed looking at my paintings how possitive up lifting my work is. Is a beautiful place to be. God Bless , have a wonderful Christmas.🇩🇰🇺🇸🦅💌
Married to a highly creative, “jack of all trades” (per se) who admits he’s a disagreeable, neurotic/conscientious person. Life for most of his young adult years was extremely challenging. He became a true disciple of Jesus and as a result, the chemical dependency, harsh treatment of others, and outlook on life changed. He’s open to eating better. I notice he loves to help others even if it kills him, so I don’t hold him back. His devotion to the commands of scripture is what keeps him assured during times of national and personal crisis.
I'm 23 and feel like I'm in a mid life crisis cause I'm struggling to find my passion or even get a job.
That's called a quarter-life crisis :)
Begin by calming the nervous system and eating properly and sleeping properly. Then list the things that are important to you. The rest will follow..
watch more youtube vids
Be glad you're not in the same position at 33 years old with a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering like myself.
Try figuring what sparks curiosity in you... a subject you would love to research upon endlessly...
lessons on emotional stability from a wreck who clings to religion and prescription drugs. Great stuff.
I never thought i would hear a One Piece ost over a JBP video... best crossover ever
I'm a crazy artist/ musician, but super traditional, I thought this was boring but now I see it has saved me. I also follow my religion.... Thanks ( and at a young agez I found my passion)
For all of you who ever hated the humanities; what Dr. Peterson does that you(we) love so much Is exactly the humanities.
It’s like he is looking into my eyes..so intense
Now that's all fair advice he offers; sticking to your routine and schedule etc. I try to do it this way myself, my problem is not a lack of discipline I believe, rather frequent emotional outbursts due to unresolved traumatic events and repressed feelings, that are so draining, I feel incapable of doing anything productive for the rest of the day (on top of feeling constanly tired anyhow).
I gave up therapists, most of them are useless. I actually started Petersons Self Authoring program, little scared of continuing to the faults and past part, but still want to do so. In fact I wanted to so just today, but had an intense outburst and spent the rest of the day aimlessly and apathetically surfing the web and TH-cam.
I hate when that happens, I really don't want to waste my time, but I'm not sure how to handle this issue. I often just feel sick of always having to force myself to do something; not being able to do things out of intrinsic drive, and of swallowing down that feeling and doing so anyway. Perhaps I'm also setting my goals and expectations too high.
xy I feel you . Do you clean your room often? If not you need to . That way you can learn how to organise your thoughts and solve your past memories . Running away won't solve a shit. I personally find it very hard to do haha I'm depressed af but I will do my best .
Best wishes
ADNANTENDOO No, I don't. I've heard that advice and how much Peterson stresses on it but didn't really take it seriously. Guess I'm going to give it a try, there really is a lot of tidying up to do. Best wishes to you as well.
xy stay in the fight my friend I can relate to everything your expressing
xy check out Richard Grannon TH-cam or peace and harmony on healing they are fantastic Btw your not alone🙏🏻🙏🏻
Therapy is only as effective as the patient allows it to be. It requires the kind of work on your part that shouldn't drain you physically but certainly emotionally.
If that isn't an option then go the physical route. There's evidence to suggest that trauma is stored in muscle tissue- so maybe try intense strength training or even yoga/pilates.
I'd consider myself extra high in creativity, moderate in neuroticism and moderate in contentiousness, so this video is exactly what I needed.
Nothing is unstoppable anything is possible but we can always change that at the same time
Excellent! Thank You so much, Dr. Peterson.🙏💗
I needed to hear this 30 years ago.
"Once you are disciplined, you are like a sharpened sword man."
I would like to expand on this awesome thought but rather than using the metaphor of a sword I will use a knife. There are many different types of knives (serrated, fillet, cleaver, bread, etc.). These can be different kinds of disciplines if you will. Being a jack of all trades only keeps your knives dull. However, once you sharpen one blade, at least that blade, say the paring knife (a short knife used for slicing small fruits and veggies), then you may use it across the knife spectrum. A sharp paring knife will slice better than a dull carving knife.
Great Video, enjoyed and more importantly needed to hear this right now. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, and get well soon we need you.
Pick something and focus on it!
Great this made my day!!!
this fucking guy...so much god damn wisdom!! I literally wrote all of that down...love this dude
Thank you for your time and posting this stuff online. Much appreciated.
Man this has help me so much
Absolute brilliant knowledge just dropped right there.
Brilliantly said
this is helpffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
thanks man
Being a Master at "being Able to Be a Jack of All Trades" is a Competency Unto Itself.
I am a "creative person" (who also kept his day job) but I believe most of what we call "artistic creativity" is self-therapy or the means to address or process pain or inner conflict. The self-expression is a very healthy and healing outlet, be it painting, composing music or lyrics, writing books,blogging, whatever.... However, many people focus on the monetary rewards, the adulation or admiration of others, or the attainment of fame or celebrity. A fraction of these people luck out and make it, but most don't. If you're an artist, then do your art; don't turn it into a non-stop exercise in angst surrounding success or failure, acceptance or rejection, etc. That's such a tired and old melodramatic narrative. However it's still apparently very appealing; look at the phenomenal success of the latest version of the movie "A Star is Born"! OH THE SUFFERING OF BEING AN ARTISTE! People are so used to others saying they are "artists" that there is a certain cynicism about it. Just have the discipline to DO IT if you are burning with passion and motivated to do so (and good luck to you! In our world you're up not only against all the other legitimate and disciplined artists in your same field of endeavor, but thousands of people who don't even bother to learn the basics of their creative craft before slapping whatever they created online or elsewhere.). If you get discouraged. Did you know The Beatles were signed to a label that dropped them before "I Want to Hold Your Hand"? Did you know Motown released at least 5 or 6 Supremes singles that bombed before they hit the jackpot with their string of Holland-Dozier-Holland #1 hits? So skip the drama and self-flagellation, learn as much about your craft as possible, and if you're feeling it just do it
Excellent talk, thank you for posting.
Great Advice Peterson
A lot of what he talks about I have never experienced or at least never known that I had experienced it. All the things he talks about is metaphysical
Really needed to see this thank you
Great video! Thank you Peterson 🙏
that jack of all trade answer was so useful, thank you so much
That's invaluable advice for life from the good Dr. Peterson has many fine qualities, among them guts and wisdom.
Holy shit. I've never felt so understood
Very true... we cannot be like Leibnitz or Michelangelo during the times we live in. But maybe that's part of the beauty.
You awnsered a question that i didnt even fully formed im my head.
ManOfAllCreation, thanks for the upload. Good to see that you've moved to the next level and are no longer adding your own logo to Peterson's video clips.