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What do you want from life? Is it just to spend a few happy moments, capture them in our phones and keep looking for moments like this for the rest of your life or to live a meaningful life which satisfies your soul and gives you peace ?
Think about it !
To some extent we don’t look for meaning and do whatever we are supposed to do in life but at some point in our life we want to find meaning, purpose and fulfilment in life. But strangely what gives meaning to our life is something which is completely unexpected, it is rules that give meaning to our life !
But all these rules start form one big realisation- ie., all our inner peace and fulfilment completely depend only on us ! no one else, not the other people, not the outside circumstances, but it is only us who can decide what makes us happy and make us feel fulfilled in life. So when we get our life in order and do what is best for us, then we can help others and give back to the community, to the world and in the process we realise our potential completely! This is the principle on which all the other principles in this book are built!
So out of the 12 rules,i think 5 of them are most important
Confidence - confidence in yourself is very crucial whatever the situation, if you see the theory of evolution you must have heard the saying- survival of the fittest- meaning only the fittest survive and evolve further ! how ? nature recognises dominant characters in species and only those species were allowed to evolve further , in the same way, nature also has a way of recognising our confidence. Our brain has feedback loops which convey our confidence to the brain- for example our posture is one thing which conveys the message of confidence not only to our brain but also to people around us- so the rule 1. Is to fix your posture- stand tall, with shoulders pushed back.
Be responsible for yourself -if we had a pet or we had someone to care for, we will go all out to do whatever it is that makes them comfortable and give them a lot of importance but when it comes to our own needs, we keep postponing things until later. But when we care for ourselves like we cared for others,our life will be meaningful, when we ask important questions like what should i be doing about my career to have a comfortable life ? about my relationships or any area of our life, when we care for ourselves like we would for others we will be happier overall!
Improve your own game rather than trying to play others game 👍
In today’s highly connected world, we can always find someone who is better than us in looks, wealth, status , career or body or anything at all, and we keep comparing our life to those around us, those on the internet! But we fail to recognise that no matter what we have achieved we can still feel inferior compared to others. But how does it matter to you what other people have done or other people have achieved in their life ? if you keep looking at other people’s lives, will you be able to improve your finances, your career or anything at all ? no right? So instead of focusing on other people’s life, focus on your own life !
Focus on higher purpose, not instant gratification-
Life is itself suffering,but we cannot use this as an excuse to live life carelessly by doing things which give instant gratification. Suffering can be used in two ways- it can be used as an excuse to live in the moment just thinking about today or to do something meaningful, delay gratification and get greater rewards in the future which last longer .So pursue what is meaningful and not something which is momentary!
Surround yourself with people who want the best for you.
Be friends with people who want the best for you ! It is often said that we become the average of the people we spend the most time with. So it's important to have the right people around us, when we have the wrong people around us, we might end up in difficult situations. So why do we hang around people who drag us down? Friendship is a reciprocal arrangement,so you are not obliged to support someone who is making the world a worse place, instead we should choose people who want things to be better!
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