Jordan Peterson
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So, you know, that's also an interesting conceptual error for kids and for adults, for that matter, is that single points of inadequacy do not indicate general incompetence, right? And while it's really hard, it's really easy to fall that way to take a single example, and, well, that's the mountain out of the molehill problem, but that's a classic cognitive error.
It's like, minimize your self-criticism to the, what would you say? You want to make your self-criticism as small as possible in a manner that would in fact rectify this specific problem. I'm not stupid. I don't know my timetables. Well, that's still too big a problem. I don't know how to go about approaching a new skill. That's still probably too big a problem. I haven't...
It's like, minimize your self-criticism to the, what would you say? You want to make your self-criticism as small as possible in a manner that would in fact rectify this specific problem. I'm not stupid. I don't know my timetables. Well, that's still too big a problem. I don't know how to go about approaching a new skill. That's still probably too big a problem. I haven't...
It's like, minimize your self-criticism to the, what would you say? You want to make your self-criticism as small as possible in a manner that would in fact rectify this specific problem. I'm not stupid. I don't know my timetables. Well, that's still too big a problem. I don't know how to go about approaching a new skill. That's still probably too big a problem. I haven't...
figured out how to set out a schedule that would allow me to incrementally master this thing, right? That's a lot easier on your self-esteem than I'm stupid.
figured out how to set out a schedule that would allow me to incrementally master this thing, right? That's a lot easier on your self-esteem than I'm stupid.
figured out how to set out a schedule that would allow me to incrementally master this thing, right? That's a lot easier on your self-esteem than I'm stupid.
Well, that's what you want to do, right? You want to take that self-criticism and narrow it to the point where it turns into a strategy for progress. That's kind of the essence of behavioral therapy, right? Is to take a well, a vaguely defined and emotionally troublesome, foggy problem, to clarify it until you can advance. And more than that,
Well, that's what you want to do, right? You want to take that self-criticism and narrow it to the point where it turns into a strategy for progress. That's kind of the essence of behavioral therapy, right? Is to take a well, a vaguely defined and emotionally troublesome, foggy problem, to clarify it until you can advance. And more than that,
Well, that's what you want to do, right? You want to take that self-criticism and narrow it to the point where it turns into a strategy for progress. That's kind of the essence of behavioral therapy, right? Is to take a well, a vaguely defined and emotionally troublesome, foggy problem, to clarify it until you can advance. And more than that,
to clarify to the point and to develop a strategy to the point where not only you could advance, but you're highly likely to, to make it that small, right?
to clarify to the point and to develop a strategy to the point where not only you could advance, but you're highly likely to, to make it that small, right?
to clarify to the point and to develop a strategy to the point where not only you could advance, but you're highly likely to, to make it that small, right?
Right. And did that get her going in that direction?
Right. And did that get her going in that direction?
Right. And did that get her going in that direction?
And that that's something you can do and that that's under your control. Yes, yes. Right. Well, that's a very important thing for fathers to teach their children. That's for sure.
And that that's something you can do and that that's under your control. Yes, yes. Right. Well, that's a very important thing for fathers to teach their children. That's for sure.
And that that's something you can do and that that's under your control. Yes, yes. Right. Well, that's a very important thing for fathers to teach their children. That's for sure.
Okay, so you wrote this book, The Way of the Warrior Kid. How many books are in that series now?