Motivational Quotes From Jordan Peterson That May Help You Lead a More Productive Life
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a Professor of Psychology & Clinical Psychologist from Canada who has recently gained notoriety for his multi-million copy bestseller 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. In the motivational book Peterson explores personal struggle and how best to overcome it through personal responsibility, loyalty, among other things.
Prior to his recent exposure, Dr. Peterson taught at The University of Harvard and The University of Toronto. His teachings were based on his first book “Maps of Meaning” which explores human kind in a way that left students with a life-altering experience. During his class he speaks to the most fundamental truths of our being and pushes people to go out and embark on the hero’s journey.
Throughout the years Dr. Peterson has appeared on many programs, podcasts and lectures discussing ideas that provide motivational support and enhance productivity. Below is a collection of the most motivational and inspiring Jordan Peterson quotes in our growing library to help you lead a more productive life…
“Compare yourself to who you were yesterday instead of who someone else is today.”
“I think your best bet in life is to shoulder your suffering and to take responsibility and to move forward. But that doesn’t mean that you’re not vulnerable on all sorts of fronts, it’s just your best tactic.”
Source: The Delve – Jordan Peterson sits down for an in depth discussion
“Get your goals straight and continue to practice every day. If you’re not succeeding then make your goals slightly smaller, you want to make your goals large enough so that they challenge you but small enough so that you have a reasonable probability of succeeding at them on a day-to-day basis.”
“You don’t get what you don’t aim at. You might get what you do aim at and your aim might get better as you aim.”
Source: Jordan Peterson – Iceland: 12 Rules for Life Tour: Lecture 1
“It’s much more encouraging for people, I think, to concentrate on who they could be rather than who they are. Especially when they’re young because they still have most of their life ahead of them and they’re not everything they could be yet.”
Source: LBC – Jordan Peterson Meets Maajid Nawaz: The Full Interview
“It’s very ego-inflating to do a great thing, to make a massive change and much less so to work in the background to make a small change. But small changes are solid and they tend not to produce terrible negative consequences and to work incrementally is to work realistically and properly.”
Source: Jordan B Peterson – An Invitation to the Intellectual Dark Web
“Negotiation and conflict are somewhat indistinguishable and it’s easy moment to moment to avoid negotiation and conflict, but you pay a terrible price for it in the medium to long-term. It’s better to face the conflict forthrightly in the present and make peace for the medium to long-term.”
“Bind your ambition with humility and work on what’s right in front of you that you will suffer for if you get wrong before you engage in the large-scale transformation of other people.”
Source: Jordan Peterson – Iceland: 12 Rules for Life Tour: Lecture 1
“For a piece of brilliant work to rise up to the point where it’s universally acclaimed, it takes a lot more than merely the brilliant work.”
Source: The Rubin Report – Jordan Peterson, Eric Weinstein, and Dave Rubin
“It doesn’t help to shy away from difficult issues because you’re stuck with them. They’re not going away. The best you can do is something worthwhile in the face of them.”
“It’s important for lost, young people male and female alike to develop a vision and take on some responsibility and understand that they have a vital role to play in the world…that the lack of their best hurts everything.”
Source: Jordan B. Peterson | Full interview | SVT/TV 2/Skavlan
“I believe that people are stronger than their misfortunes. I believe that if you turn around and confront the vulnerability that’s part and parcel of life you’ll find within yourself a strength that will transcend that.”
Source: Jordan B. Peterson | Full interview | SVT/TV 2/Skavlan
“How should you conceptualize your life? Peace and tranquility? I don’t think so. I think if you’re lucky, your life is an adventure and hopefully it’s one you undertook voluntarily.”
Source: The Delve – Jordan Peterson sits down for an in depth discussion
“A resilient person is capable of standing up to things in the face of fear and moving forward voluntarily convinced of their own competence and ability to prevail.”
Source: Jordan B Peterson on/Visir – Thor Bjornth/Dr. Jordan B Peterson: Iceland’s Channel 2
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