1158 | Jordan B. Peterson: “You See What You Aim At.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Jordan B. Peterson explains the significance of personal growth and development. And for Jordan, improving the self is not just incredibly advantageous to yourself but also enhances your relationships with the people around you.
According to Jordan, neglecting to organize yourself properly may lead to devastating consequences, even to the people surrounding you. And so he reminds us to be mindful of the things that most of us often take for granted.
As he presents the importance of reflection, self-awareness, and development, we are reminded of perennial wisdom, “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Finally, Jordan is saying that your perception determines how the world manifests itself to you and ultimately shapes the life you live.
Source: How to Improve Yourself Right NOW (and Why) - Prof. Jordan Peterson
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| 0:00.0 | Yo today's QOD is you see what you aim at here we go |
| 0:30.0 | welcome back to the quarter of the day show I'm your host shine |
| 0:34.7 | cracks and shine cracks and calm we got Jordan B Peterson on the show today |
| 0:39.9 | and this is a clip that I will recommend that you listen to two or three times |
| 0:45.0 | today because there's so much wisdom in here a frequently asked question is |
| 0:50.4 | this where do I even begin like how do I even start to create change in my |
| 0:56.4 | life how do I get my act together as he says in this clip and I love how he |
| 1:01.4 | talks about starting wherever you can start and if that's in your immediate |
| 1:07.8 | environment that is all good like he says clean your room clean off your |
| 1:13.0 | office desk go organize the garage just start in your immediate environment and |
| 1:18.6 | as you start to build confidence in your ability to fix things and to change |
| 1:23.6 | things and to make things better to improve things around you then you get the |
| 1:28.2 | confidence to create change in a broader context to create change in different |
| 1:32.6 | aspects of your life and I also love the last part of this clip we talked about |
| 1:38.3 | the world reconfigures itself around your aim and anybody who lives an |
| 1:44.3 | intentional life where they set goals will tell you the same thing they will say |
| 1:48.3 | hey whenever I set a goal things just start to flow into my life that if I |
| 1:54.7 | didn't set that goal if I didn't have that aim they wouldn't have showed up |
| 1:58.7 | it's very strange how that works but it happens so if you're wondering why |
| 2:04.5 | things aren't changing for you if you're wondering why these things aren't |
| 2:07.8 | flowing into your life ask yourself do you have an aim do you have a goal and are |
| 2:13.2 | we committed to that aim or to that goal because when you are the world we can |
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