Hey guys, Ron White here, two time USA memory champion. Welcome to this video. I am going to
teach you in this video how to memorize Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules For Life. I'm going to
give you 12 pictures in this video and it will be memorizing the 12 rules for life. Then after we've
memorized the pictures, I'll go back and explain to them what those pictures represent and why they
represent Jordan Peterson's 12 rules for life. However, if you enjoy this video and you want to
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Now let's dive into how to memorize Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules For Life. Now to do this,
I have a picture for every number. The number one for me is a pencil because a pencil looks like
a number one. The number two for me is a duck because a duck's neck looks like a number two.
The number three for me is a pyramid or think of a triangle has three sides. I know that's
not perfect, but it works for me. Number four for me is a box because a box has four points or
four sides. Number five for me is a star because there's five points on a star. Number six for me
is an elephant. This is kind of weird, but if you turn a six on its side, the body of the elephant
is the circle of the six and the line going out is the trunk. Works for me. If it doesn't
work for you, use something else for six. Seven for me is dice because of opposite sides
of dice always add up to seven. If there's a two on top, there's a five on bottom.
You maybe hear of lucky seven in games. Eight for me is a snowman because I think of an eight looks
like a snowman. Nine for me is a balloon because a balloon is a circle and the string going down,
it kind of looks like a nine if you have a crazy imagination like I do. 10, I use a fork in a plate
because the fork looks like a one and the plate looks like a zero. So 10 is a fork and a plate.
11 to me is a goal post because the two sides of a goal post look like a number 11 to me.
12 for me is eggs, dozen eggs. So now that we have a picture for every number,
all we have to do is attach the rules to life to these 12 pictures. Let's run through it. I'm going
to go ahead and tell you the rules to life as we do it. The first rule of life for Jordan Peterson
is stand up straight with your shoulders back. So that works perfectly with a pencil because
a pencil's a straight line. So I just imagine a pencil is a straight line and I'm seeing the
shoulders back on the pencil. Pencil, straight line, stand up straight, shoulders back.
Two, duck. Jordan Peterson's second rule of life is treat yourself as if you were someone you were
responsible for taking care of. That's what it is. That's the second rule of life. Treat yourself as
if you were someone that you were responsible for taking care of. Well, I told you my picture for
two is a duck so I just imagine I'm petting a duck and I'm responsible for taking care of this duck.
That's it. I make that picture vivid in my mind. I see it as strongly as I can. I'm petting the duck.
Oh, I got to take care of this duck. I'm treating this duck as if I'm responsible for taking care
of it. I go back and review one, the pencil, stand up straight, shoulders back.
Number three, remember we said that's a pyramid or a triangle? For Jordan Peterson's rule for this is
make friends with people who have your best interests. So on this pyramid, I imagine
all my friends that have my best interest and we're all at the top of the pyramid. I got
Kyle up there. I got Brian up there and we're all talking and they got my best interest and we're on
top of this pyramid. Those are my best friends. Number four, I think of a box, right? Well, Jordan
Peterson's rule for this is compare yourself to who you were yesterday. Not who someone else is
today. So I look in this box and in the box, I look at who I was yesterday. There's another box
over here and it has an image of who someone else is today. I don't look at that box. I look at my
box. Compare yourself to who you were yesterday. Not who someone else is today. Go back and
review one, stand up pencil. Stand up straight, shoulders back. Two, duck. Treat yourself as if
you're someone that you're responsible taking care of. You're taking care of a duck. Three,
I got my best friends at the top of a pyramid. Make friends with people who want the best for me.
Four, box. Oh, looking inside the box. Compare myself to who I am today or compared to who I was
yesterday. Not to who somebody else is today. Five, my image for five is a star. Jordan
Peterson's fifth rule of life is don't let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.
So I think of star, okay, well when a kid does something good, you give them a gold star.
So I'll just think of when a kid does something good, I give them a gold star. I only want to
give them gold stars so don't let my kids do anything that makes me dislike them. Gold star,
I like you. Gold star to a kid when they do good. You're giving them gold star on their
homework paper. Don't let your children do anything that makes you dislike them.
Number six, an elephant. I think of an elephant squeezing inside of a house
and this elephant's trying to get inside of a house. Jordan Peterson's sixth rule of life is
makes sure your own house is in order before you criticize someone else. It's a good rule. So I
see an elephant to represent six for me trying to squeeze inside of a house. Make sure your house is
in order before you criticize someone else. Five, star. Gold star, giving a gold star to a kid.
Don't let children do anything that makes you dislike them. By the way, all these are down
below in the description. If I'm going too fast for you, just follow along in the description
or rewind and watch this video again. I'm going fast, but you get the idea here, I believe.
Number five is a star. Don't let your children do anything that makes you dislike
them. Four is a box. You're looking in your box, comparing yourself to who you were yesterday,
not to who someone else is today. Three, pyramid. Surround yourself with people who want the best
for you. Two, duck. You're taking care of the duck. Treat yourself as if you're someone
responsible for taking care of. Seven is dice. Seven is dice. I
imagine these dice are blowing in the wind and on the face of the dice is a mean face.
That's what one of the sides of the dice has on it. Mean face
and it's blowing in the wind and I'm chasing it. Jordan Peterson's seventh rule of life is
chase things that are meaningful. Chase ideas that are meaningful, not expedient.
You're chasing something that's meaningful. So dice, you're chasing it and it's mean.
Meaningful. You're chasing. You're pursuing what is meaningful. You're
pursuing what is meaningful, not expedient. Number eight, you got the snowman, right? Somebody
says, "Hey, how long did it take you to build that snowman?" I will say a long time, instead
of saying, two weeks. Why? Because two weeks is a lie. Jordan Peterson's eighth rule of life
is always tell the truth. At least don't lie. You're not being specific when you say it took a
long time. In other words, you're not saying it took four days or three days or two weeks,
but you're also not lying. Always tell the truth. That was the truth. At least don't
lie. How long did it take you to build that snowman? A long time. That's the truth.
Number nine, what do we have? We had a balloon. I want to see somebody holding a balloon right there
and I'm talking to them and they're saying, "Hey, if you take this balloon, if you let
go of it it's going to fly up." They're telling me something. Jordan Peterson's ninth rule of life is
assume the person you're talking to knows something that you don't. I talked to somebody
yesterday and I disagreed with him on some religious matters and some scientific matters,
but I listened to him talk the entire time 'Cause I assumed that he knew something I didn't know.
I learned some things, even though we had different points of view. I'm talking to the
person holding the balloon and I'm assuming they know something about that balloon that I don't
know. They know it's going to fly away. Number 10, a fork and a plate. Be precise
in your speech. I'm looking at this plate and I'm cutting very precise. I'm cutting my meal
into very precise slices. Be precise in your speech is Jordan Peterson's 10th rule of life.
Jordan Peterson's 11th rule, remember 11, I use a goal post. It looks like an 11 and I see kids
skating on this goal post. His 11th rule of life is don't stop kids if they're skateboarding. Don't
interrupt kids if they're skateboarding. Let kids be kids. Let them explore and be adventures. Don't
stop kids when they are skateboarding. Don't bother children when they're skateboarding.
Number 12, what do we have for 12? We had eggs. Jordan Peterson's 12th rule of life is when
you see a cat on the street, pet it. Take time to pet the cat. So what do I see? I see a cat
walking on the street and he is walking on eggs and every time he walks on an egg,
cracks the eggs. To remember these pictures, you have to make them funny. You have to make
them unusual. You have to make them vivid and boom. You've just taken 12 chapters of his book,
attached the main idea to 12 images and now you've got Jordan
Peterson's 12 rules of life memorized. Let's review them really, really quickly here.
Number one, pencil and that's what you always got to do. You always got
to think what represents number one to me? Ah, pencil. Number one, pencil. Stand up straight,
shoulders back. A pencil is straight. Number two, duck, quack, quack, quack. I'm taking care of it.
Treat yourself as if you're someone that you are responsible for taking care of. Number three,
pyramid. I got my best friends up there. Surround yourself with people who want the best for you.
Four, box. Look in the box. I'm going to compare to myself to who I was yesterday not
to who someone else is today. Hey, I do jujitsu. When I do jujitsu,
I compare myself to who I was when I was yesterday. Not to who someone else is today,
because I would get very discouraged because I'm not advancing as quickly as they are.
Number five, star. What do we have on the star? Give your kids a gold star because you don't
want to let your kids do anything that makes you dislike them. Number six, elephant. Make
sure your house is in order before you criticize someone else. Number seven, dice. You're chasing
dice that are mean. Pursue things that are meaningful, not expedient. Eight, snowman.
Always tell the truth. At least don't lie. Nine, someone holding a balloon and you assume they know
something you don't know. Assume the person you're talking to knows something that you don't know.
10, you're being very precise with your fork and your knife and your plate. Be precise in your
speech. 11, kids are skateboarding on a goal post. Don't bother children when they're skateboarding.
12, eggs. A cat walking on eggs. Stop and pet the cat that you see on the street.
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