Those choices are made for you by your parents, when you are young and then by you, when you grow up (hopefully). Jordan refers to Taoist philosophy and meaning of Yin Yang. you just dust yourself up and find a better job and better lover, round the corner. Describing unemployment and lover's betrayal as catastrophic (as an example of Chaos). Page after page of repetitive examples of Chaos versus Order.
But then perhaps, this is exactly what his book is about, running around in circles. When I read, that Jordan Peterson started by uploading his thoughts on Quora and then bothered to count hits and comments, I thought, he must be a patient man, because after few comments, I deregistered from Quora, being fed up with running around in circles.
I did this and I read this and I understood this etc. The book is all about the struggle of Author e.g. Two to three pages is plenty to introduce an Author.The book itself? One reviewer here, compared the book to Mein Kampf … and I could not agree more (in good sense, obviously). Norman, next time, keep it brief and to the point. I didn't realise, that one can stutter, whilst typing.In the beginning (famous words), there is an eighteen (18) page foreword, by someone called Norman Doidge MD, who gives us a lengthy lecture on philosophy (Socrates, Plato, Aristoteles etc.) with a good helping of the virtues of a well known con artist Mr Freud, thrown in for good measure. I ended up disappointed reading the book. But I liked what he said (most of the time) and I thought that this book would give me a bit of insight, into his background and shed the light on what makes him tick. After I have seen Jordan Peterson's interviews screened on YouTube, I felt a bit sorry for the guy, obviously nervous, stuttering. It has been a while, since I have read anything, that was as poorly written as this "No.1 International bestseller"?Often, when people read the book and then go see the film, that was supposedly based on the book, they end up disappointed. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2019