Jordan Peterson - Committing To Your Purpose Is Terrifying 

Great episode. Thank you Chris for doing this interview and thank you Jordan for accepting!

I used to be scared of this game, but now, I really love it. ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT WE ARE ALIVE! One of his greatest quotes yet.

@@YT.sophia Hey Nico, you should check out our Jordan Peterson video "The Secret to Your Existence". Our channel is passionate about psychology education so that everyone everywhere can live a healthier life. Our goal is to create a free source of #DigitalTherapy for our subscribers.

Pretty much my favorite quote from JP. Hella inspiring and motivating, immediately feel inadequate.

@@properpsychology1276 that’s great, I’ll for sure check out the channel, I’m actually also doing similar content if you want to check it out!

@@YT.sophia no it isn't amazing

Oh, I really like that one! Thanks for sharing it. Another one I really like of a similar nature is “Our labours preserve us from three great evils - weariness, vice, and want. -Voltaire”

Work will set you free...

I agree completely. I actually tell this to a lot of people: "if it's easy, it's probably not the right thing to do" JBP has a lot of moments where I have to just sit for a minute to take in what he's said, so yes "what a thought!"

Keep going buddy, nothing is easy!

How did you manage to overcome thst resistance, I too currently feel the same way with the career path I've chosen😔

10? I aim for 1. Because every one of them from my past doesn't feel as good as the next one.

Like Oscar Wilde once said: “If you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it - that is your punishment, but if you never know, then you can be anything. There is a truth to that. We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing - an actor, a writer - I am a person who does things - I write, I act - and I never know what I am going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.”

@Caleb Newman92 Glad I could share valuable information for you

Feel ya, being highly conscientious and simultaneously perfectionistic in that way is painful

@@sonicmaths8285 Have you found that being perfectionistic made/makes you think you can't be very conscientious? I was convinced that I was low in conscientiousness because I couldn't start anything, and whatever I did start I hardly ever finished. It's strange that being really high in conscientiousness can result in _not_ getting things done.

@@letsgoBrandon204 Yes, it also staggered me how this could be! I am quite industrious (cannot deal unproductivity of any sort) and thus conscientious, but being also very perfectionistic made me do for example homework only if I could do it correctly. If not then I wouldn’t even begin with doing it and therefore get seldom things done. If I do not have enough material to learn something, even if only a tiny piece of information lacks, I immediately cannot tackle learning. When I’m doing my routine and I cannot get up at the exact time I planned I need to wake up, I immediately throw my routine away and do nothing. There is only do or do not and nothing in between which is a bit harmful as I noticed for me. Interesting and bad combination of personality traits. At the same time, I cannot handle doing nothing for a period of time. Even while resting I think about I need to do something god damn productive. It’s like pressure or weight on your mind which becomes heavier as you do nothing. That’s why I manage to do something which aren’t the things I should be doing and I’m going in these kind of directions way too far which ultimately leads to nothing truely productive. This might mean that I am low in dutifulness.

Yeah, I'm right there with you. Perfectionism sucks. It makes you feel like getting 95% of the way there is failure. And nobody likes failure so eventually you just stop trying, that's if you ever start. I find that I spend more time thinking about what I'd like to do than actually pursuing it. And that I have so many varied interests that it's impossible to excel at them all, but the perfectionist in me won't accept that. I also identify with your statement about how being high in conscientiousness can result in not getting things done. It seems a paradox, but I have come that conclusion as well.

I suffer from the opposite so if there's a happy medium.. we both missed it friend. 😅

It would make more sense to replace the last instance of "satisfying" with the much weaker notion of "pleasurable".

@@nebulouscalamity6338 Thanks man.Its actually " Comfortable".I checked and corrected it.Much Respect 🙏🏾 👏

@@raymondtendau2749 You're welcome. I didn't know the original quote but I've read Yuval's books and somehow doubted that he would possibly associate a meaningless life with satisfaction. It seems many people are repeating the same quote with the poor wording at the end unfortunately. It sends a confusing message or makes Yuval seem sloppy with words.

Oof. I'm quick to existential crisis as it *is* Raymond. 🙄

@@nebulouscalamity6338 The way you think is one of the motivations that keep me consistent in my reading habits. It really helps to catch the precision in language and also the underlying message hidden in writings. 😇

I got out of my depression via concentrating on my health. Only eating healthy foods. Exercise. Sleep. Water. I never thought getting my body healthy would stop my depression, but it did. I think we are as much as we eat as we are what we think. Now I eat lots of greens, meats and fats. No oil except olive oil. No fluids except water. (Btw I am 49). Never too late to start something new. Good luck friend.

@@BenMJay Thanks for the tips.

Haha, you and me both Angelus. 😏 Delve into the philosophy of Absurdism and start to find your lack of agency a relief instead of a burden. 🤷‍♂️ I should have ended that sentence in a question mark but I'm firmly against self editing. Plus, I mean, nothing really matters anyway. This comment like so many others will be lost to the ether and I'll have forgotten it it... seriously like less than a minute. 😆

The only way out of exetensional nihilism is a meaningful life thats found in the adoption of responsibility. Therapy and Jordan Peterson got me out of that.

@@JoeBPedrosa Well, there's nothing out here for me to be responsible for other than my own speech and actions, which really doesn't bring any enrichment to one's life. As far as therapy is concerned, I tried that. I never had any idea what to talk about and the sessions ended up being short weekly check-ins to see how I was the last week so I gave up. I've been packing away my thoughts and emotions for so many years that it seems I lost the ability to talk about them.

@E R I N A 👇 ...PARDON ?!

Does that have anything to do with Boxing day? That's always confused me. 🤔

Uugh. Me too but I *hate* doing stuff. 😩 Rather leave internet comments. 🤷‍♂️

Hard work is not a guarantee. It's your best bet. If you ever play poker, you know that sometimes there's nothing you can do about the fact that you're going to lose, but good players choose the strategy that leads you to success most often. Hard work is the real life equivalent of that.

I live like a maharaja compared to 95% of the world. Personally I find that as awesome as it is demotivating. How much does a person need anyway? 🤷‍♂️

@NolanEP not being pedantic in RU-vid comments

*couldn’t care less

@@tomclark15 ;-)

I remember driving around the night before my first day of college basically wanting to cry. I didn’t want to be there, I had no guidance as a teen, I quit sports on numerous occasions, I was addicted to WoW like hard, was honestly just going so my girlfriend at the time would think I’m on a good trajectory so I wouldn’t lose her. That shit is way too expensive to be fucking around with - the type of schooling Jordan Peterson is talking about isn’t your average person’s experience of college - not even close - don’t just go to college, go to DO college or just don’t go. Edit: just realized you didn’t say anything about schooling but yeah you’re not gonna half ass your way through anything worthwhile

Cheering you on, brother! You got this.

What are you aiming for now, if you don't mind me asking? I also thought I wanted to be a game designer but realized quickly that I didn't have the inclination or talent for the work involved in that field.

@@Dante-ot8xg doesn’t it basically come down to whether or not you have the personality that wants to work at a computer all day?

@@danfontaine8179 It depends on what you want to focus on within game dev. A lot of the roles certainly do, though the job content varies based on responsibility. The below is just me spewing out what I recall from me looking into it years ago. As of now, I'm still figuring things out. There are many roles within game development and design that one can take part in. Coding, art, writing, voice acting, music, business side( marketing/ accounting/ etc), and more. The actual game designers are what I understand to be more senior/ come from one of the game-building roles. Designers, from what I understand, try to guide everyone else to create the game they have in mind. Designers themselves can be divided up into different sections they're in charge of. For instance, level design or gameplay mechanics could be their domain. Coding is something that I found I could do, but wouldn't be happy with, in the long term, as I'm a very social type of person and need interaction. It would definitely require face-to-face time with a screen all day. Art is pretty straight forward with concept/ 3d/ illustration/ etc. These along with music and writing seem to be somewhat more contractual though permanent positions certainly exist. It seems to depend on the game/ studio. I like drawing, but not enough to draw all day. I don't have experience in music besides karaoke lol. Writing heavily depends on the game. Some require little others more so. A Writing position would be pretty cool since that would be the meat and potatoes of story-driven games. To get here, it would seem that more seasoned writers are taken on board to write a story that the lead game designers have in mind for games like god of war, etc. Other types of writers exist for different games. For instance, some are hired to write item descriptions for various objects in a mmo. Or another could be writing out the various dialog options in a game like divinity original sin. The requirement or skill of the writer is often based in proportion to the important story has to the game and what part of the game you're writing for. Item descriptions might not require GRRM for example.

You can always combine all of it into a cross-disciplinary work.

I got the adhd goin so excruciating barely covers it. 🤦‍♂️

@@hyperteleXii Well I don't think so. At best, you can extract the most common denominator and aim at that. As a creative person your interests might completely overwhelm you, because they are likely to be wide ranged.

He spells it out slowly and clearly because it's not as simple for everyone as it is for you.

A thought is not just a thought. Its quality comes from the way you express it, from the context in which you embed it.

And how simple is life and/ or our perceptions reality rlly lobster

And yet, here you are. Needlessly wasting your time throwing shade. Clearly a lot of this wisdom wasn't that obvious, otherwise you'd probably have better things to do.

Perhaps that's true, but when one has such an extensive vocabulary as the Doctor, one must choose the best words (and all possible angles) to answer the questions. My vocabulary has grown very much listening to him.

Do you even lift?!

I heard him say once that the goal is a moveable target! What do you know when you start? so even if you have to update it's really not to be perceived as a waste of time but as the price you had to pay to get the information. I myself update on the path often as I get more and more clear about what I want to do and where I want to go

What branch are you going into and how old are you?

@@tylerborgen3882 37 and armoured crewman, army

@@captainblackbeard7840 right on, it's when people think they're too old to live their life that wind up 40 year old children. Glad you're grabbing it by the horns man

@@andycraig6905 thank you brother

Good luck … basic kinda sucks but you will be so proud when you make it!

Well - take heart Hun. My husband only found his purpose in going to Uni. at 47 ...to study History..a subject he has always loved...and his Dad advised him to study Geography when leaving school - which he has always bemoaned about. He is doing - reaaaally well !! ;) It is important to 'know in your guts' what fills you with excitement and anticipation ..the subject you LOVE. Hope this helps..n ..all the best.

@NolanEP very well said! I feel exactly the same way.

@@suzesinger6762 thats a great encouraging perspective! Thanks for sharing!

@NolanEP ..HEY ! I thought that three years ago..then taught myself the drums - at 61. !! I always get as excited as a KID ....when I think of a song to drum along to....as I RACE towards them... after pressing 'PLAY' - on RU-vid. ;))) HA ! ( Can ya tell I used to be a Nanny !?! )

One doesn’t need direction and great opportunity to find meaning. Speak the truth, treat others and yourself as someone you’d want cared for, and attack everyday as if it was the last. Life is precious and short. Don’t muddy the waters with lies, cruelty, and laziness.

Of course. Listening to him speak really does allow for some interesting thoughts to flow in, sometimes it's calming.

Hmm, I think in context path is everything that you're doing to cause what you have fully committed to do make happen. So in this narrow sense not everything can be a path. It's only a path if it can definitely lead you where you are trying to go intentionally, as opposed to hoping happenstance just brings the thing you want to you. Yes it can be difficult to get off of a path you've committed to, bit many people turn back down the mountain when they see storm clouds ahead. Actually, I'd say we practically default to taking the easier "path" that is eventually harder and more damaging vs the harder path that eventually makes things better. This is due to our naturally discounting the future for the present. This is what we're trying to battle when going on a certain path gets hard in the short term

Ooh boy. You really need to figure that out for yourself friend. What do you want to accomplish before the water wars? Isn't that the question. 🤔

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Don't know if you do , but if you worked for yourself full time or part time or gave time to others that maybe the bit your missing , just a thought

He was using it as an example of a disciplinary process. That we need to subjugate ourselves to a disciplinary process because that allows us to focus ourselves on a single line, to aim. He also explains why the bashing of a patriarchal system shouldn't be so quick, since he suggests that we need a disciplinary process, and some people believe that it is an oppressive system and that we don't need a disciplinary process.

Ooh. Not to state the obvious but you should get into piano moving. 2 birds and whatnot.

same

Stop doing other things.

@@hyperteleXii Can you please elaborate?

@@akhlaqansari8628 Commitment is in practice about time, energy, and attention. Turn all three towards the thing, and commitment builds up.

Change boxes.