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The 6 rules to own Design

How to become the best version of your designer-self

Rick Veronese
UX Collective
10 min readNov 19, 2018

I recently finished reading one of the best books I’ve read this year. It’s Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.

Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist who teaches psychology at the University of Toronto.

The book is not as an easy read, but it’s well written and thought-provoking.
It outlines a broad and complete code for living life.

The material to support the validity of each rule comes from a mix of ancient wisdom — mainly through religious anecdotes — and scientific research from a breadth of psychological and physiological studies.

The book dives deep into how we interact with others, how we think, the consequences our actions have, and many other concepts that could allegedly make your life easier when applied.

If you’re into philosophy or psychology, this is worth picking up, if you haven’t already. If neither is what you’re into, pick it up anyway because it’s a damn insightful read.

There’s been all this buzz about Jordan Peterson’s book, with critics on left and right, so I thought I’d read it myself. Right, wrong, or somewhere in the middle, here are some of the connections I could see with our…

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Written by Rick Veronese

Helping you remove chronic stress & add 10 hours of freedom to your week | Writing about Psychology, Productivity & Habits | Dad x2 | Husband | Runner & Lifter

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Thanks for your insight to this book Rick — I’m totally sold.
I also really appreciate the effort you put into your article. Keep it up!

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Well said! “Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today.”

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Surround yourself with amazing people

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