12 Rules for Life In English
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
What shall i do with my newfound pen of light?
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coda WHAT SHALL I DO WITH MY NEWFOUND PEN OF LIGHT? In late 2016 I travelled to northern California to meet a friend and business associate. We spen...
Pet a Cat When You Encounter
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 12 PET A CAT WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ONE ON THE STREET DOGS ARE OK TOO I am going to start this chapter by stating directly that I own a dog, an Am...
Do Not Bother Children
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 11 DO NOT BOTHER CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE SKATEBOARDING DANGER AND MASTERY There was a time when kids skateboarded on the west side of Sidney Sm...
Be precise in your speech
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 10 BE PRECISE IN YOUR SPEECH WHY IS MY LAPTOP OBSOLETE? What do you see, when you look at a computer—at your own laptop, more precisely? You...
Assume that the Person
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 9 ASSUME THAT THE PERSON YOU ARE LISTENING TO MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING YOU DON’T NOT ADVICE Psychotherapy is not advice. Advice is what you get ...
Tell the truth—or at least, don't lie
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 8 TELL THE TRUTH—OR, AT LEAST, DON’T LIE TRUTH IN NO-MAN’S-LAND I trained to become a clinical psychologist at McGill University, in Mon...
Pursue What Is Meaningful
28 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 7 PURSUE WHAT IS MEANINGFUL (NOT WHAT IS EXPEDIENT) GET WHILE THE GETTING’S GOOD Life is suffering. That’s clear. There is no more basic, ...
Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 6 SET YOUR HOUSE IN PERFECT ORDER BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE THE WORLD A RELIGIOUS PROBLEM It does not seem reasonable to describe the young man who...
Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 5 DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN DO ANYTHING THAT MAKES YOU DISLIKE THEM ACTUALLY, IT’S NOT OK Recently, I watched a three-year-old boy trail his ...
Compare Yourself To Who You Were Yesterday, Not To Who Someone Else is Today
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 4 COMPARE YOURSELF TO WHO YOU WERE YESTERDAY, NOT TO WHO SOMEONE ELSE IS TODAY THE INTERNAL CRITIC It was easier for people to be good at som...
Make Friends With People Who Want The Best For You
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 3 MAKE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE WHO WANT THE BEST FOR YOU THE OLD HOMETOWN
Treat yourself like someone you are responsibility for helping
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 2 TREAT YOURSELF LIKE SOMEONE YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING WHY WON’T YOU JUST TAKE YOUR DAMN PILLS? Imagine that a hundred people are pr...
Stand Up Straight With Your Shoulders Back
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
RULE 1 STAND UP STRAIGHT WITH YOUR SHOULDERS BACK LOBSTERS—AND TERRITORY If you are like most people, you don’t often think about lobsters 2—...
Overture
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Overture This book has a short history and a long history. We’ll begin with the short history. In 2012, I started contributing to a website called...
Foreword
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
12 Rules for Life in English ( Introduction )