![]() ![]() ![]() Fix your posture to get others to treat you better, which will make you feel better and stand tall, thus kicking off a virtuous cycle.(This can be reinforced in serotonin signaling, related to depression) If you slouch, you convey defeat and low status to others they will then treat you poorly, which will reinforce your status.If others denigrate you, you lower your internal status. If others kowtow to you, you elevate your own impression of status. How you see others, and how others treat you, affect how you view yourself. There is a part of your brain that is constantly monitoring signals to figure out your position in society.Your actions will matter, taking care of your health will matter, having good relationships will matter. You should therefore conduct your life to produce good. Look at it this way - if real evil exists (human suffering, especially inflicted by other humans), then good is the opposite of this - it is preventing evil from happening. Peterson believes that there is real meaning and good in existence. But as secularism rises, a void remains that is filled by nihilism and empty ideologies. For much of history, religion served this function (eg being a servant of God). ![]() Most humans crave order and meaning in existence, to deal with the terrifying uncertainty of the world. 1-Page Summary 1-Page Book Summary of 12 Rules for Life ![]()
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