Why people recommend it
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson is a widely known self-help book that offers advice on personal responsibility, finding purpose, and mastering order in one's life. The book has received praise and recommendations across multiple podcasts. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Josh Hammer noted that people, particularly young men lacking direction, settle for Peterson's practical advice like cleaning their rooms. Megyn Kelly shared on the same show that she initially approached the book with skepticism due to critics, but ultimately found it brilliant. Rikki Schlott mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast that she used to hide the book under her bed as a freshman, while Mohammed Hijab recommended it on the same podcast as a good read despite having some criticisms. Theo Von displayed the book on This Past Weekend, and Cassandra Fairbanks stated on Timcast IRL that Peterson was great for giving young men purpose through taking care of themselves first. Tom Bilyeu called it an extraordinary book on On Purpose with Jay Shetty, and Dave Rubin recommended it on The Rubin Report for its emphasis on personal responsibility and sorting out one's own life before trying to fix the world.
Who recommended it
- Chris Williamson Discussed
- Dave Rubin Recommended
- Jordan Peterson Discussed
- Theo Von Recommended
- David French Discussed
- Dr. Mehmet Oz Discussed
- Megyn Kelly Recommended
- Tim Pool Discussed
- Ryan Holiday Discussed
- Joe Rogan Discussed
- Rikki Schlott Recommended
- Tom Bilyeu Recommended
- Vittorio Angelone Discussed
- Jordan B. Peterson Discussed
- Donald Robertson Discussed
- Josh Hammer Recommended
- Ben Shapiro Discussed
- Hannah Claire Discussed
- Andrew Thomas Discussed
- Mohammed Hijab Recommended
- James Smith Discussed
- Matthew Petrusek Discussed
- Jack Murphy Discussed
- Cassandra Fairbanks Recommended
- Gregg Hurwitz Discussed
- Steven Crowder Recommended
- Michael Shermer Discussed
Chris Williamson — 6 mentions
“and then it just appeared in you know 12 rules for life I have to tell you that that is not the rule that my sons took from that book”
“one will be something similar to a more broy version of 12 rules for life modern wisdom style Almanac book”
“like how can you semis a three hundred and four hundred page book like twelve rules of life”
“So Jordan Peterson's book 12 rules for life was originally based on a Korra post someone asked him what are the best piece of advice that you would give someone for life”
“do you know Jordan Peterson who a fan favorite of the show he his first rule tell the truth or at least do not lie he makes the point in his book at about this actually that is actually very self-destructive to be dishonest”
“So there's a an interesting thing I'm doing Jordan Peterson day at the moment there's an experiment was done with rats but rats of who achoo yeah and they hadn't been fed for a while they touched a spring around the tail and they put cheese at the end”
Dave Rubin — 5 mentions
“so again it's like the same with with 12 rules”
“one of the main things that we heard throughout the tour as the hit pieces would come out in the media is that the only people who show up to these Jordan Peterson events are angry young men”
“and the other thing and this is probably more important I never saw him break one of the twelve rules he had many opportunities that he could have lied to somebody about he oh I can't talk I gotta go or whatever he never broke one of the twelve rules”
“I've been on tour with Jordan Peterson and during the Q and A's I see so many people that will say to him you know I just read your book and I'm applying the 12 rules for life and my life is better my relationships better”
“and in Jordan also is its book it's all about that you know clean your your high your room before before cleaning the world so so be responsible of your action”
Jordan Peterson — 5 mentions
“i mean 10 rules for life is pretty close to 12 rules for life and of course the main themes i discuss are order and chaos”
“i mean one book is about order and the other is about chaos and my first book is about both”
“well if i'm playing with it if that's not turning chaos into order i don't know what is”
“in my first book um 12 rules for life i said do not lie”
“Chapter nine. If old memories still upset you, write them down carefully and completely.”
Theo Von — 3 mentions
“he's a best-selling author sold over 5 million copies of his first book 12 rules for life”
“I have your jordan peterson book too... He's got a new one coming up”
“this was a man who it's almost like he it's almost like he like kind of pared down the Bible in a way and and presented it in a way to people today where it's even if you're not even religious even just bother his twelve steps book that it presented in a way to people where it's it's a”
David French — 2 mentions
“And he talked about um this must have been right after your book um 12 rules came out.”
“And so that's where, you know, when I was writing my piece that you reached out, I was that's, you know, when you're in your book 12 rules is a lot about intention, like living an intentional life and thinking things through and having an approach and having a purpose.”
Dr. Mehmet Oz — 2 mentions
“Metaphorically to one of your 12 rules, you know, make your bed first. Just get that get the basics right.”
“It's a harder read than 12 Rules for Life, for example, though easier than Maps of Meaning.”
Megyn Kelly — 2 mentions
“he's sold 14 million books in the past couple of years it's pretty impressive but most recently he authored we who wrestle with God perceptions of the Divine and he's also the host of The Daily wires the Jordan B Peterson podcast and founder of Peterson Academy which I have to tell you I've spent a fair amount of time”
“when I was at NBC when 12 rules for life came out and I had so many people bring it to me be like let's get him and I was like okay what's this about as soon as you see some crazy lunatic saying terrible things and then I actually read it and I was like this is brilliant”
Tim Pool — 2 mentions
“Don’t worry about things you can’t control; if people had a little more focus on their own lives and less focus on trying to save the world— This is something Jordan Peterson discusses all the time when he’s talking about 'clean your room.' Focus on the things you can do something about; small successes in your life can alleviate the”
“But you have this guy who comes out and he's just like do it clean your room and then people are like yeah yeah and then he writes 600 pages on it and then does 80 other things and gives talks and TV shows”
Ryan Holiday — 2 mentions
“because if you read his book 12 rules for life which kicked around our house for a bit like like most kind of sons raised in mostly liberal households”
“because if you read his book 12 rules for life which kicked around our house for a bit like like most kind of sons raised in mostly liberal households my boys obviously went through a you know slightly countercultural phase”
Joe Rogan — 2 mentions
“12 rules for life i think sold like these amazing amount of copies”
“i mean i just think it's i think what you wrote 12 rules to life we need rules”
Rikki Schlott — 2 mentions
“When I got there, I was understandably, I think in retrospect, concerned for my social standing, so I was hiding Thomas Sowell books and Jordan Peterson books under my bed, which is really embarrassing in retrospect.”
“I actually say this in our book: when I was a freshman, I was hiding books under my bed, including your book, '12 Rules for Life', and Thomas Sowell's books.”
Tom Bilyeu — 2 mentions
“have you read jordan peterson's 12 rules for life”
“have you read jordan peterson's 12 rules for life okay absolutely extraordinary book”
Vittorio Angelone — 1 mention
“Listen, I read the 12 rules for life book and I found it helpful when I was like 22 and I'm so Jordan Peterson.”
Jordan B. Peterson — 1 mention
“It's it's a harder read than 12 Rules for Life, for example, though easier than Maps of Meaning.”
Donald Robertson — 1 mention
“weirdly it reminded me of something that is Maybe one of the bestselling modern self-help books which does the complet because it does the complete opposite right Jordan Peterson's 12 roles right literally consists of a set of formulaic roles yeah and not only that the forward to it valorizes the whole concept of having rigid formulaic roles to follow”
Josh Hammer — 1 mention
“And there are these people just have no places to look and they have so few places to look these days, Megan, when it comes to what it actually takes to be a man that they're settling for, for you know, 'clean your room,' basically clean your bed; the Jordan Peterson advice because there was such a dirt There was”
Ben Shapiro — 1 mention
“I think that a lot of his best stuff is the kind of 12 rules for life here's the thing that you can do this morning that's going to make your life a lot better”
Hannah Claire — 1 mention
“what it was um what it was Jordan Peterson's uh book called 12 rules for life like it is about framing the way you view the world and giving people this lens from which to approach the the challenges they face”
Andrew Thomas — 1 mention
“and when I when I read that in uh in Jordan's book that that was one of the the slices of stuff that Jordan says that makes perfect sense to me”
Mohammed Hijab — 1 mention
“I would specifically recommend the 12 rules for life because the 12 more rules I have some criticisms of it but it's good it's a good book”
James Smith — 1 mention
“this is one of the main lessons of Jordan Peterson where if you're on an existential crisis you're not sure what to do with your life take stock of your insecurities and work on them”
Matthew Petrusek — 1 mention
“and that it is remarkable just in a cultural sense that that your work which has rules in the title 12 of them right two books has garnered the audience”
Jack Murphy — 1 mention
“basically i love peterson's work he talks a lot about this stuff i keep thinking about him when we're talking about this”
Cassandra Fairbanks — 1 mention
“we need like some sort of i don't know if it's a man like jordan peterson was great about giving young men purpose and and cleaning your room and taking care of yourself first”
Gregg Hurwitz — 1 mention
“and then you know look I put his rules for life in orphan acts”
Steven Crowder — 1 mention
“the Jordan Pederson one just got flagged and we talked about this book we talked about the 12 rules for I talked about guidelines for living a hell just reading it it's great book”
Michael Shermer — 1 mention
“you know in Jordan has this book here's the 12 things you got to do”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 4
“and 12 rules for life. You described how you and your family managed with Michaela's health struggles and that was very helpful for me and my wife”
“You know what, I'll put it up, actually, you know what, I'll put it in front of 'This Book' for a while, you put it in front of Jordan Peterson.”
“Okay some of you know I've written these books 12 rules for life and then beyond order 12 more rules Because you know you can't have enough rules and I asked it This is what I asked it to do I said Write me an essay that's a 13th rule for beyond order”
“and yeah I mean the whole first chapter of 12 hours for life is not a million miles away from this”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (38: passing, ad reads, own books)
“That was the rule he left out of 12 rules for life. Don't listen to stupid rules.”
“Dad told both my brother and I, don't listen to stupid rules. That was the rule he left out of 12 rules for life.”
“I wrote a chapter in my first book. The title was do not allow your children to do anything that makes you dislike them.”
“That's my question and I also want to say thank you very much Dr. Jordan Peterson for completely changing my life with his views mental models and the book 12 rules for life.”
“She'd talked about the rules, say in 12 rules for life or some of the religious things I've been dealing with lately.”
“and then Dimitri showed up about two years ago with his portfolio of Suits he designed one for each of the rules for my first book and he put the rule underneath the collar at the back and designed the lining custom lining on all the suits as well”
“and I every time someone comes up to me and tells me that reading say 12 rules for life had help them I ask why”
“they made me a dozen suits one for each rule from 12 rules for life”
“The predatory value-seeking, goal-oriented side of the equation, which is what you say in 12 Rules for Life: go make something of yourself and become a better person. And all of the good things that happen downstream of that, that is the predatory side of the equation.”
“I'm going to use the tour to walk through some of the ideas I've been working on for my forthcoming book, which will be out in November 2024.”
“One will be something similar to a more bro-y version of 12 Rules for Life, a modern wisdom style Almanac book.”
“There's about 150 books; I just finished your book. Which one? Your first 12 rules.”
“I've been a fan since '12 Rules for Life', so thanks so much for having me on.”
“People can learn, and I wrote about that quite a bit in my book, "12 Rules for Life."”
“I Illustrated 12 rules for life it turned out to be a number one bestseller and that was it”
“so Stephanie I was reading your book today 2015 book communicating with children and I thought maybe I could playfully put you on the spot in my First Book 12 rules for life I my first popular book I have a chapter entitled don't let your children do anything that makes you dislike them and so what I thought I'd”
“so Stephanie I was reading your book today 2015 book communicating with children and I thought maybe I could playfully put you on the spot in my First Book 12 rules for life I my first popular book I have a chapter entitled don't let your children do anything that makes you dislike them”
“there's one that's about the current mating crisis and there's one that would be lessons that I've learned like a Broly 12 rules for life type thing”
“i would love to condense that down like a broly 12 rules for life i suppose”
“the following is a conversation with jordan peterson an influential psychologist lecturer podcast host and author of maps of meaning 12 rules for life and beyond order”
“12 Rules for Life”
“he has a new book out beyond order 12 more rules for life”
“- So, I love the inner flap of the book. It says, "Jordan Peterson's '12 Rules for Life'”
“I just fit into this because we mentioned right before we started that I've been on tour with Jordan Peterson and during the Q and A's I see so many people that will say to him you know I just read your book and I'm applying the 12 rules for life”
“you know my book has been criticized by people who've read it very poorly especially chapter one when i talk about hierarchies”
“I kind of wrote about that in 12 rules for life when you know because part of my advice in rule 5 was not to let your kids do anything that makes you dislike them”
“and they got Jordan Peterson book a pumpkin right there when a mother Nick his [ __ ] dirty little you know gonads right there one of those orange little party poppers that she floats out this time of year”
“and you know we'll you know and I know that's your book”
“Nightline this a fair bit in this book 12 rules for life is like do you want to make friends with what you know”
“so my in my book rule for is this is 12 excuse me this is from 12 rules for life rule 4 is come carry yourself to who you were yesterday not to who someone else is today”
“because when I'm talking to my audience isn't the same thing happens and happened in my book maps of meaning and in 12 rules for life I'm laying out the worst case scenario”
“if you want to join me in spreading these ideas of freedom and individuality in person I'll be joining Jordan Peterson on his twelve rules for life tour for as many dates as I can possibly fit in”
“and we're live 12 rules for life so without reading this so what you're saying is there's only 12 things you need to know in life right”
“and we're live 12 rules for life so without reading this”
“that's rule six in the in the in this book so i have a book rule in there says set your house in perfect order before you criticized the world”
“and so one of the things that i've outlined in 12 rules for life is is a theory of meaning because meaning as far as i'm concerned the sense of meaningful engagement is the antidote to malevolence and suffering”
“she had 38 affected joints and she had her hip and her ankle replaced when she was 16. i detailed that out in chapter 12.”
“12 rules for life an antidote to chaos jordan peterson”