You Need To Stop Seeking Instant Gratification

What gets me is that when Dr. Peterson tells the story about the man who couldn't vacuum, the audience is laughing but Dr. Peterson never is. He realizes that these problems are real, and are mentally crippling for some people. He doesn't strike me as the type of person to sit there and judge you and laugh at you, but genuinely try to help you. That is very humble and respectful of others.

“Allow yourself to be grateful you took the first step forward.” A step forward is a step forward. Celebrate the hard victories no matter how small.

I honestly am insanely grateful for the lessons extracted from Dr. Petersons experience and that he put them on youtube. 10 months ago I was smoking €40-€50 a day both weed and tobacco. I got into rehab and really took this one serious. Thank God. I recreated my micro habits. I do still have a hard time getting up early but I do it. I've gained 18kg in muscle, stopped smoking weed, stopped smoking cigarettes. One thing I have been neglecting was the relationship with my father. I have a plan to talk to him tomorrow I hope the best for it. Any way my life is way way waaaay better then it was. Thank you so much Petersons. Have a great evening❤

I cleaned my room after this, literally.

The part about not biting off more than you can chew really struck me. I often get a little too motivated to improve my life and end up crashing and burning because I did too much at once😮

Cliff Notes: Baby Steps. Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew. Set Yourself Up For Victory With A Single Goal, No Matter How Small. I was a personal trainer in Toronto for over 20yrs, and used this model with some of my clients that found the gym or exercise in general, daunting. In some instances, our main goal was, "just going" to the gym; walking around, looking at the machines. We would do this (in some cases) right when it opened, so they wouldn't feel discouraged by others that are there; working away, doing there thing at a high, busy pace. Once they got comfortable with their surroundings, the next goal was to sit in machine... That's it. Generally, with a sense of "curiosity." Like; "Oh, this one looks interesting, what's this?" Once they felt comfortable with that, I would ask them to perform a rep or set with minimal weight/resistance, and then see how that felt. Sometimes this process was over several weeks; others, as quickly in a day. My point (and Jodan's) if you set yourself up for a win, no matter how small the goal/achievement is, it will lead to other goals which will slowly get you to your desired destination.

I cleaned up my room because I was tired of looking at it. We all get sick and tired. What we need to do is get sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Stop seeking instant gratification? Then I’ll have to stop binging Jordan Peterson videos. 😇

Protect this man at all costs.

The most profound thing about this little snippet of Peterson is the level of empathy in his understanding of his patients. Simply recognizing that even the simplest thing that he calls you to do can be genuinely difficult.

It's so nice to see Mr. and Mrs. Peterson interact together so well. What a lovely example of hope!

Putting my room in order is actually really hard for me, my room, my house and my car are a mess. And I've been working on getting my environment in order for the last year.

This woman is the engine of Peterson family I love her grace and wisdom

There’s something to be said about having an entire conversation about discipline and never once mentioning anything related to punishments. Only rewards, grace, and perseverance. Love that!

That bit about you should not breach the contract with yourself by doing more or you will fall back even deeper, because you realise in which bad place you are, really hit home.

True ecstasy is obtained from delayed gratification. It’s the challenge, adventure, obstacles, journey, anticipation along with true love that is worthy of the rewards. Thank you Jordan ✝️❤️ Jordan looks hot with a beard and without a beard.

Thanks for making all your content publicly available, Dr. Peterson. Appreciate you

Indeed the bedroom that I shared in my previous relationship was a microcosm of that relationship. My needs, wants and belongings were stuffed in one corner while hers took up the rest of the space. I now understand what this meant.

"Just because I love you doesn't mean I'm not stupid." I love this. (12:26 by the way)

Dude makes the crowd laugh than a lot of comedians. Considering his profession, it makes sense why since he's so engaging and eloquent. Beautiful storyteller.