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Beyond Order

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Beyond Order

By: Jordan B. Peterson
Narrated by: Jordan B. Peterson
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The long-awaited sequel to 12 RULES FOR LIFE, which has sold over 5 million copies around the world


In 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties. His insights have helped millions of readers and resonated powerfully around the world.

Now in this much-anticipated sequel, Peterson goes further, showing that part of life's meaning comes from reaching out into the domain beyond what we know, and adapting to an ever-transforming world. While an excess of chaos threatens us with uncertainty, an excess of order leads to a lack of curiosity and creative vitality. Beyond Order therefore calls on us to balance the two fundamental principles of reality - order and chaos ­- and reveals the profound meaning that can be found on the path that divides them.

In times of instability and suffering, Peterson reminds us that there are sources of strength on which we can all draw: insights borrowed from psychology, philosophy, and humanity's greatest myths and stories. Drawing on the hard-won truths of ancient wisdom, as well as deeply personal lessons from his own life and clinical practice, Peterson offers twelve new principles to guide readers towards a more courageous, truthful and meaningful life.

© Jordan B. Peterson 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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Critic reviews

The advice in Beyond Order reflects some new and painful awareness of mortality. But it was always Peterson's intimate, self-revealing style that made his life advice so powerful, so energising, and so hard to reduce to politics
A sui generis kind of personal trainer for the soul.... It's a good thing that there's space on the self-help shelves for a book as bracingly pessimistic as this one... Peterson offers an invaluable reminder that we're finite and inherently imperfect (Oliver Burkeman)
Life-changingly inspirational
Full of sensible, humane advice, and shows he is still very much on top... The book is a validation of his own role; as he observes, being able to articulate what many people instinctively feel but can't articulate is a valuable role for a public intellectual (Melanie McDonagh)
In telling us that life is suffering (as all major religions do) and that the goal is to find meaning rather than happiness, he does have something to say. ... wisdom combined with good advice. Peterson is at his best when telling stories of his clinical practice - he comes across as an empathetic non-judgmental listener (Suzanne Moore)
More trenchant life advice from the bestselling author of 12 Rules for Life... bound to be a bestseller
Reliably thought-provoking, often engrossing ... Peterson has a sharp eye for the vagaries of human nature, and he can be a compelling storyteller, especially when narrating his own experiences and those he has observed from life. There is a fair amount of wisdom in Beyond Order, of the kind that used to be called common sense (Jenny McCartney)
Part quest, part adventure, part lecture and part polemic... There's masses of passion, masses of wisdom and a deep, deep yearning for us all to seek the beauty, truth and meaning Peterson has sometimes glimpsed and is desperate for us to find. He has had tens of thousands of letters from people who say he has helped them to find it. How many writers can say they have done that? (Christina Patterson)
[Peterson is] enlightening as a clinical psychologist... Peterson's rules are an attempt to locate people within society, to acknowledge the systems and structures that have long existed and, instead of seeking to tear them down, encourage his readers to find their most functional position within them (Andrew Anthony)
Beyond Order showcases Peterson's extraordinary gift for storytelling, as well as for extrapolating complex psychological themes and deriving lessons and meaning from them in ways lay readers can understand... A delight to read... Peterson is a world class communicator... Beyond Order is a compelling and ultimately life-affirming read for anyone willing to challenge their own ideas and face up to the untapped potential in their lives (Greg Jameson)
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You’ve done it again; I’ll look forward to listening over and over again. Thank you for more words of wisdom. Best wishes to you and your family.

Thank you Dr Peterson

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Good book. Grapples with what matters. Occasionally verbose. Good-spirited author despite permitting some misguidedly polarising controversy about him and his message.

good

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sage like advice for the world of chaos, even if the advice is obvious to you, do not pass down this book if you have the opportunity to listen.

Great sequel!

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It is truly miraculous that the author overcame his life-threatening illness to give us the second volume of a holistic and timeless piece of work. I hope that generations after now, people continue to learn from Jordan Peterson and organise their lives to protect themselves from chaos but understand that there is more to life than order.

Thank God for Jordan Peterson

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Good follow on from 12 Rules but anything following that book was going to struggle to keep up.

While I read 12 Rules in paperback form and enjoyed it immensely I was glad that I chose to absorb this in audio-book format.
I love JBP's passion for the subjects presented but some of the more complex topics would have been a hard read on paper.
Neither book is for the faint hearted and both deserve and demand a level of commitment to fully appreciate the subjects presented.
Overall worthwhile, insightful and helpful, just not quite 12 Rules.

Good but not as impactful as 12 Rules.

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