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Donnell Scott ,. Lynn Toler Foreword. Quotes by Lynn Toler. If you are required to jump five hurdles to everyone else's three, and if you are unable to remove the extra ones, you are left with two options. You can remain at the starting line, ranting and raving in a fit of unproductive indignation. Or you can jump over those hurdles. Either way, the race will end when it ends.

Where you're standing when it does, however, is completely up to you. But to start, you must first believe that you can control how you feel. Then, you have to make a point of doing so. Jordan B. EMBED for wordpress. Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! The book grew out of Peterson's hobby of answering questions posted on Quora, the one being "What are the most valuable things everyone should know?

It's a warning to me". The book is written in a more accessible style than his previous academic book, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief The book is divided into chapters with each title representing a specific rule for life explained in an essay. The founding idea is that "suffering is built into the structure of being," but although it can be unbearable, people have a choice either to withdraw, which is a "suicidal gesture", or to face and transcend it.

However, living in a world of chaos and order, each human being has "darkness" which can "turn them into the monsters they're capable of being" to satisfy their dark impulses in right situations. The scientific experiments like Invisible Gorilla Test show that perception is adjusted to aims, and it is better to seek meaning rather than happiness. Peterson noted that "it's all very well to think the meaning of life is happiness, but what happens when you're unhappy?

Happiness is a great side effect. When it comes, accept it gratefully. But it's fleeting and unpredictable. With each tactic she uses an example in her own life which really helps. Its Stoic advice for our day and age. Highly recommend this book to anyone who has emotional problems.

Quite a few sections im going to collect so I can keep reading it throughout my day. Havent read another book exactly like this. Mar 07, Ashley Brown rated it really liked it. A pretty insightful book. I'm beyond shocked by how colorful her life has been during her childhood and marriage.

The writing was easy to digest but it can be difficult reading the amount of rules. The advice is practical and everyday, not written for the academia. I enjoyed her examples and honesty. I found myself highlighting a good portion of the rules and I can see myself revisiting them. Good thing there's a section dedicated to listing out the rules.

May 24, Faiga Alawad rated it really liked it Shelves: audio-book. She is a real Judge with a graduate degree from a low school and comes on TV to solve couples problems. Raised in a cracked house, and had herself anxiously issues she is a genius herself in emotional control and it was nice to listen to her 7 hours book on the weekend.

Learned a lot about humans emotions and the techniques to keep mine in hold. Sep 21, Sikelelwa Siki rated it it was amazing. I started following Judge Lynn Toler on instagram about a year ago. The advise that she gives is amazing. This book contains practical advise around what you should do when your emotional well-being becomes skewed. Thank you for opening up your life to the world in order to write this book. Mar 22, Evita rated it really liked it.

I enjoyed reading this book. Usually I struggle reading this type of books but not Mrs. She speak with so much confidence and intelligence that you would never thought she dealt with anxiety issues. This book will inspire and teach you numerous life lessons, definitely a must-read. May 20, Rumbi Shirley rated it it was ok.

Really struggled to connect with this book. I assumed this one would be in the same format. Unfortunately this book was too lengthy and seems to be more of an autobiography than anything else. I get that her mum taught her the lessons but I at least wanted to know more about the lessons on being an emotional genius than her emotionally traumatic childhood.

After reading the book I know more about her childhood than I do those Really struggled to connect with this book. After reading the book I know more about her childhood than I do those rules. Dec 21, Meredith rated it it was amazing. I found this to be a very insightful book. Mar 15, Rowan rated it it was ok. I wanted to like this book, I really did, but her traumatic childhood is kind of triggering my own traumatic childhood.

This books is probably great for some people, just not for me. Jul 08, Miss. I liked the author before the book; however, after reading I have a great deal more respect for her wisdom. Mar 01, Sylvie M. I enjoyed the many mini lessons. The narrative of her parents life is inspiring.

I will be siting some of the gems in my daily conversation. Mar 01, Babs rated it it was amazing. Great book about successful emotional management especially for women who have issues with aggression, unrealistic fears, self-esteem, and caring too much about others think.

Mar 13, Shelley rated it it was amazing. I loved this book! So many nuggets of straightforward reminders of common sense. We are all in need of that these days. Mar 17, Christopher rated it it was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed this book on several layers.

I liked how she combined telling her families story along with the lessons learned. Dec 21, Natasha DeJesus-Boston rated it it was amazing. Her story is amazing and I identified with some of her experiences and am in awe of the caliber of woman she is. Dec 26, Joyceline MK rated it really liked it. I enjoyed the Audiobook even more. This was another good book from Judge Toler that can be passed on to our daughters.

Nov 08, Shari Gaskins rated it it was amazing. I never read a book twice but I will definitely read this one again. May 28, Msor rated it it was ok. In a lot of ways, I think this book was a worthwhile read, but I had some problems with it. I thought the format of the book was quite poor. Instead of having the autobiographical portions mixed in with the Rules portions, I think it would have been clearer to have the book divided into 2 distinct sections: the autobiography first, then the Rules with appropriate references to the autobiography second.

My 2nd problem with the book was If you want to grab people's attenti In a lot of ways, I think this book was a worthwhile read, but I had some problems with it. If you want to grab people's attention and teach them something important that they will remember for life, you'd better condense your message and be brief. I agree that all of Toler's messages were good and important albiet basic common sense that most of us don't need taught from a book , but she easily could have edited them to a list of May 14, Karen rated it it was ok.