Problem is, you can't really sell yourself as a self-improvement guy if you have as many homelife fuck ups as Peterson does. Between failing to raise his daughter and becoming a junkie, he lost any highground to preach from. Same with any claim he could have to practice psychology on a therapeutic level.
So he might not be wrong in what he is saying, but now him being the one saying it taints it whatsoever because of his personal failings.
Exactly. His most famous piece of advice is probably the "clean your room" line, or to put it in its more formal form, "set your own house in order before you criticize the world." His own house is clearly not in order but he keeps criticizing the world, so now what?
the second advice being "pick the highest load you can, and carry it"
and he's a living example of why thats bad advice : do that and you'll end up burnt out and addicted to things that temporarily allow you to not notice that you're burnt out.
I don't know your situation or history, but for me personally everything I gained from Peterson has been more thoroughly articulated, expanded upon, and clarified since joining the Orthodox church and studying the topic from the inside. Peterson says things that sound incredibly insightful until you learn that the entire Christian theological tradition spanning two thousand years has been saying the same or better. You just don't hear about it because academia has been overtly secular and anti-Christian for over 60 years now.
Eh, I think he does sometimes, but his daughter is a fucking fruitcake.
I don't know what the hell happened to her but she's all over the place when it comes to her opinions.
I think it has everything to do with her being a woman.
Unearned success likely the culprit along with a sudden influx of wealth.
She subverted his brand during the worst of COVID when he went missing for a year in his benzo stupor.
We also don't tend to hear much about Peterson's wife Tammy besides the fact that she almost died of breast cancer.
She could be subvertive behind the scenes as well.
Problem is, you can't really sell yourself as a self-improvement guy if you have as many homelife fuck ups as Peterson does. Between failing to raise his daughter and becoming a junkie, he lost any highground to preach from. Same with any claim he could have to practice psychology on a therapeutic level.
So he might not be wrong in what he is saying, but now him being the one saying it taints it whatsoever because of his personal failings.
Exactly. His most famous piece of advice is probably the "clean your room" line, or to put it in its more formal form, "set your own house in order before you criticize the world." His own house is clearly not in order but he keeps criticizing the world, so now what?
the second advice being "pick the highest load you can, and carry it"
and he's a living example of why thats bad advice : do that and you'll end up burnt out and addicted to things that temporarily allow you to not notice that you're burnt out.
This was my first major disagreement with him.
I'm a single Dad with two kids and no help. Should I pick up more burden and risk everything collapsing?
I don't know your situation or history, but for me personally everything I gained from Peterson has been more thoroughly articulated, expanded upon, and clarified since joining the Orthodox church and studying the topic from the inside. Peterson says things that sound incredibly insightful until you learn that the entire Christian theological tradition spanning two thousand years has been saying the same or better. You just don't hear about it because academia has been overtly secular and anti-Christian for over 60 years now.