Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

And you might be annoyed about that because you think, I don't want to have any problems. It's like... No, you actually probably want to have some serious problems that you can contend with that are going to occupy you, some responsibilities. And then there'll be the things that clearly motivate your movement forward.

And you might be annoyed about that because you think, I don't want to have any problems. It's like... No, you actually probably want to have some serious problems that you can contend with that are going to occupy you, some responsibilities. And then there'll be the things that clearly motivate your movement forward.

And it's very good to start to understand what those are, to understand that that's how it works first, but then also to understand them in more detail. You can start to come to understand that by understanding your own temperament. So, for example... If you're high in neuroticism, you're going to be more concerned with safety and security.

And it's very good to start to understand what those are, to understand that that's how it works first, but then also to understand them in more detail. You can start to come to understand that by understanding your own temperament. So, for example... If you're high in neuroticism, you're going to be more concerned with safety and security.

If you're agreeable, you're going to be relationship focused. If you're disagreeable, you're going to be competitive. If you're conscientious, you're going to be interested in order and productivity. If you're open, you're going to be interested in aesthetics and ideas. Well, right there, you've got a bit of a map of the... territory of calling and conscience that you're going to occupy.

If you're agreeable, you're going to be relationship focused. If you're disagreeable, you're going to be competitive. If you're conscientious, you're going to be interested in order and productivity. If you're open, you're going to be interested in aesthetics and ideas. Well, right there, you've got a bit of a map of the... territory of calling and conscience that you're going to occupy.

And so you have a nature, you know, and it's given to you and it manifests itself in what interests you and what bothers you. And the biblical insistence, at least in part, and this is common, I think, to sophisticated religious systems of thought worldwide, is that There's an autonomy in what calls you and what calls to your conscience, right? You have a relationship with your conscience.

And so you have a nature, you know, and it's given to you and it manifests itself in what interests you and what bothers you. And the biblical insistence, at least in part, and this is common, I think, to sophisticated religious systems of thought worldwide, is that There's an autonomy in what calls you and what calls to your conscience, right? You have a relationship with your conscience.

You have a relationship with what interests you. It's not exactly under your control. It's something that can guide you and that you can follow. And that's... portrayed in the story of Abraham, for example, as God is the call to adventure. It's an extremely interesting conceptualization. You see that implicitly in quest stories like The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit.

You have a relationship with what interests you. It's not exactly under your control. It's something that can guide you and that you can follow. And that's... portrayed in the story of Abraham, for example, as God is the call to adventure. It's an extremely interesting conceptualization. You see that implicitly in quest stories like The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit.

You have this ordinary guy who's protected. That would be The Hobbit in the first book of Tolkien's series. Or even Harry Potter, who... unbeknownst to him is magical and has ordinary parents, right? So there's this call out of ordinariness, and the voice of that call is associated as definition with the divine.

You have this ordinary guy who's protected. That would be The Hobbit in the first book of Tolkien's series. Or even Harry Potter, who... unbeknownst to him is magical and has ordinary parents, right? So there's this call out of ordinariness, and the voice of that call is associated as definition with the divine.

That's not a superstitious conceptualization, and it's not something like an abdication of responsibility in favor of superstition. You know, it's a terrifying idea. It's also predicated to some degree on the idea that the purpose of life isn't something like

That's not a superstitious conceptualization, and it's not something like an abdication of responsibility in favor of superstition. You know, it's a terrifying idea. It's also predicated to some degree on the idea that the purpose of life isn't something like

secure comfort that's partly why people make so much trouble so we're not wired for infantile secure comfort and if we don't have a real adventure we'll find a false one and we'll cause a lot of trouble in that false adventure a lot alcoholism that's a false adventure drug abuse that's a false adventure you know sequential Parasitical love affairs, that's a false adventure.

secure comfort that's partly why people make so much trouble so we're not wired for infantile secure comfort and if we don't have a real adventure we'll find a false one and we'll cause a lot of trouble in that false adventure a lot alcoholism that's a false adventure drug abuse that's a false adventure you know sequential Parasitical love affairs, that's a false adventure.

Political activism of a destructive sort.

Political activism of a destructive sort.

That's a very good question. Well, I think conscience is a big part of that, you know, because it's very frequent that people will be visited by their conscience when they do something that's hedonistically valuable in the short term. Hmm. But then they think, oh, you know, I shouldn't have done that. It's like, well, why shouldn't have you done that? Well, I cheated on my girlfriend.

That's a very good question. Well, I think conscience is a big part of that, you know, because it's very frequent that people will be visited by their conscience when they do something that's hedonistically valuable in the short term. Hmm. But then they think, oh, you know, I shouldn't have done that. It's like, well, why shouldn't have you done that? Well, I cheated on my girlfriend.