Show summary

Welcome to the first Gen Y Chronicles podcast episode of 2019! Join us as we discuss the first rule in Jordan B. Peterson’s best-selling book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (RULE 1 / Stand up straight with your shoulders back).

Show notes

0:09 - Following through on Jólabókaflóðið (GenYChron Ep. 0017 – Ethnopediatrics, co-sleeping and Jólabókaflóðið)

2:47 - 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson

3:33 - Providing commentary on Rule 1: Stand up straight with your shoulders back

7:09 - Observing the “positive feedback loop” and high-stress impulsive behaviour in people

11:56 - Using routine to stabilize one’s mental and physical state isn’t as easy as it sounds

17:32 - Smiling and standing up straight actually works to help change the way I think and feel

21:55 - The Matthew effect and a throwback to our podcast on the Pareto distribution (GenYChron Ep. 0018 – Birthdays, Pareto distributions and spirit molecules)

25:35 - Viewing rejection in a new light