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14048782 No.14048782 [Reply] [Original]

Good self improvement books about procrastination, motivation, and depression?

>> No.14048805

Jordan Peterson- 12 Rules of Life
Write a paragraph of whatever your want whenever he says "dominance heirarchy"

>> No.14049142

>>14048805
Didn't he have to go see a therapist? How can I trust someone who doesn't even have their life in order and follow their advice?

>> No.14049188

>>14049142

Seeing a therapist for depression partially caused by your wife, who you've known since you were a kid, getting cancer is appropriate.

The book isn't meant to deal with that sort of stuff. His book is there for self help, not to replace therapy.

>> No.14049195

>>14048782
Start with the Bhagavad Gita

>> No.14049214

>>14049195
I read a to;dr version of the Mahabatara. Isn't the Gita more or less the Book of Job of the Mahabatara?

>> No.14049255

>>14049142
I think his life has been in order, he had to go see a therapist to keep it that way.

>> No.14050108

>>14048782
Can't hurt me

>> No.14050995

>>14048782
Just watch Battle Shonen Anime instead. Reading is for fags.

>> No.14051006

>>14048782
Book of The Seven Rings by Miyamoto Musashi. Will teach you how to be a man, and some sick swordfighting techniques

>> No.14051055
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>>14048805
Overrated. See excerpt.
>>14049142
Yes, he's in rehab for benzos abuse.
>>14050108
A book about a psychologically disturbed man who finds physical pain genuinely pleasurable.
>>14048782
Read The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa. It teaches you to understand how you think.

>> No.14051127

Transformation Mastery

>> No.14051138

>>14051055
Is that a real excerpt?

>> No.14051186

>>14051138
It is, you can find it in Chapter 5 (titled, "Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them").

To be more charitable, it's in the context of Peterson's argument that parents have a responsibility to discipline their children. He wrote that this would lessen their suffering in the long run.

>> No.14051373

>>14051055
To me the excerpt is an anecdote probably relating to a concept he was talking about . How does the excerpt show that he is overrated?

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>> No.14051430

>>14051373
It's not persuasive. It doesn't support the idea that disciplining children saves them from long-term suffering.

Furthermore, Peterson's writing style dresses up simplistic ideas (like the one I've summarized) in biblical language to create an illusion that they are profound.

Another example:
>"You cannot be protected from the things that frighten you and hurt you, but if you identify with the part of your being that is responsible for transformation, then you are always the equal, or more than the equal of the things that frighten you."

Perhaps the act of dressing up ideas is valuable to some readers (by making it more memorable or persuasive).

But I think fans of the book think the ideas truly are profound, which makes the book more highly rated than what it deserves.

>> No.14051442

>>14051380
Based.