January 17th, 2021 | Dr. Jordan B. Peterson
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Hello,

This week's edition will discuss conflict, the dangers of limiting free speech, and how to stop people from walking all over you. 

People wonder why I engage in conflict. I hate conflict. I find it very stressful. But conflict delayed is conflict multiplied.

As the conflict is delayed the reasons multiply. And the persons who are involved demean themselves, get weaker, and less confident. There's a line in the New Testament where Christ talks about prayer:

"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First, be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift."

Resentment is horrible, toxic, and destructive but it's useful. Resentment can be a gateway to improvement. Or, you can foster it, let it devour you and take you places that no one with a clear mind would want to go.

Resentment is the pathway to Hell, if not managed carefully.

"Face the demands of life voluntarily. Respond to a challenge, instead of bracing for a catastrophe." (Share this on Twitter)

“Don't practice what you don't want to become.” (Share this on Twitter)​

“I believe that people are stronger than their misfortunes. I believe that if you turn around and confront the vulnerability that’s part and parcel of life you’ll find within yourself a strength that will transcend that.” (Share this on Twitter)

Free Speech and Cambridge | Arif Ahmed & James Orr | The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - S4E75

This episode was recorded on October 11th, 2021.

Dr. Arif Ahmed and Dr. James Orr come on to discuss what led to the University of Cambridge rescinding my invitation to speak there. We get into the difficulty of change in universities, anonymous reporting, the dangers of limiting free speech, microaggressions, the importance of humor, and more.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson:

"The idea that you should remove everything that could threaten someone's identity and you should make that a university-wide policy is actually, exactly the opposite of what you should do, speaking clinically if you're trying to help people become more resilient."

James Orr:

“What happens on campus doesn't stay on campus."

Arif Ahmed:

"The point about anonymous reporting is that... you can't come back to them to check their evidence. The person who has been accused can't face their accuser. There’s no possibility of due process.”

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How to Stop People From Walking All Over You | Jordan B. Peterson
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Dr. Peterson:

"If you're an extraordinarily compassionate person, you're going to be sacrificing yourself to other people all the time, and there are people who will find that extraordinarily endearing in some circumstances.

But the problem is that you will sacrifice yourself, and so you will get taken advantage of continually by people who are looking for someone like you. A good person isn't harmless; a good person is capable of anything but is willing to hold that in abeyance.

If you can be dangerous, you often don't have to be, and so anyways, you attend to your resentment honestly, and you observe yourself and what you're actually like. You have to pay attention as if you don't know yourself."