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Take OWNERSHIP of your Life | Jordan Peterson EP 473

Dec 24, 2023

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Psychologist and author Jordan Peterson explores the concept of meaning and responsibility in life. He discusses how suffering is amplified by human failings and advocates for adopting responsibility to find meaning. Peterson emphasizes the importance of acting with conscience and living up to potential to ease guilt. He encourages developing self-reliance, capitalizing on talents, and creating meaning to make suffering bearable.

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By adopting responsibility, we can find meaning in life and alleviate guilt and shame.

Taking responsibility allows us to admire others who embody meaning through their actions and become a force for good in the world.

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Finding Meaning and Responsibility in Life

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Jordan Peterson explores why we suffer, explaining life's innate adversity becomes needlessly amplified by human failings like deceit and shirking responsibility. He advocates rediscovering meaning through adopting responsibility to justify existence, easing guilt by acting with conscience and living up to potential. Peterson notes we spontaneously admire those exemplifying the instinct for meaning by overcoming challenges. Overall Peterson encourages lifting burdens off others' shoulders by developing self-reliance, capitalizing on talents, and adopting the responsibility creating meaning that makes suffering bearable.

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