12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson. Start with the room, end with the truth
Peterson builds a life out of plain things. Clean your room. Stand up straight. Keep company with people who want good for you. Tell the truth.
One of the twelve caught me instantly, because I had already arrived at it myself. Tell the truth, or at least don’t lie. Lying is powerful — you can work the world with language and get what you want more than once. The cost arrives later: fill yourself with lies and, on the day it matters, you won’t have the clarity to decide right.
Start here. Read it with someone.