12 Rules For Life

Ich habe beides: Das Buch (Taschenbuch) als auch das Hörbuch. Leider wird der Sprecher dem Inhalt nicht gerecht. Der Text wird fehlerfrei und flüssig gelesen. Und ohne jede Betonung, ohne Pausen, wo sie angemessen gewesen wären, ohne Spannungsbögen, ohne die Prise Humor, die das Buch so lesens- und liebenswert macht. Es scheint, als ob der Inhalt überhaupt nicht verstanden oder verinnerlicht und der Text einfach nur abgelesen worden wäre. Sehr schade, denn das Buch hat ein hohes Potential, auch in gelesener Form ausgezeichnet anzukommen. Ich habe kaum zuhören wollen und habe es dann auch sehr zügig nach wenigen Minuten gelassen. Das Buch allerdings kann ich wärmstens empfehlen. Während des Lesens reifen Erkenntnisse und das Schmunzeln kommt nicht zu kurz. Ich möchte Thalia empfehlen, Leseproben bereitzustellen, damit keine Fehlkäufe entstehen. Vielen Dank ...weiterlesen

Watch out, I read the original English version of the book, I cannot judge the German translation of it. There are books one should read more than just once, because they are so well-written, because they contain great knowledge or preach pure wisdom. Examples? ‘Flow’ by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, ‘Trust Factor’ by Paul Zak, ‘Mindset’ by Carol S. Dweck, or ‘Mission Economy’ by Mariana Mazzucato. Jordan Peterson’s ’12 Rules for Life’ would be a candidate fit for this category of books as well. The book is well written, with lots of side roads to extra knowledge, but it is not meant to be an explanation of life itself. The author gives practical advice to the reader on all of the twelve rules, which cover a wide arrange of problems one can encounter in life. Those rules are actually basic principles the author thinks it would make life easier, when they would be well understood and better still, would be followed in general. Of course Professor Peterson uses practical examples from his own work as a psychologist to prove his point. Easy does it. But at the same time he is not afraid to use situations out of his own personal life as well. A great read, for which I even have, apart from the above mentioned three reasons, a fourth reason to read this book a second time: one wasn’t ripe enough to absorb all of the given information at the time of the first reading. What surprised me a little though, but that might be just because I know professor Peterson only from some YouTube videos I watched, is his knowledge of the Bible and the way he uses it in his exposé to explain our cultural heritage. I don’t really mind religious talk, it certainly is not my expertise, but I enjoyed the given examples and explanations. For me personally that was an extra source of information. ...weiterlesen