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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
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GenYChron Ep. 0023 – Crush your inner critic, shun envy and improve daily
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We continue our 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos miniseries, and this week we discuss the harm in excessive self-critical social media comparisons and the powerful concept of incremental self-improvement (RULE 4 / Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today).
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GenYChron Ep. 0003 – The sensitivity epidemic in the Western world
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On this podcast episode we explore what’s causing the sensitivity epidemic: political correctness run amok, micro aggressions, helicopter parenting, trigger warnings, Scent Free Around Me, censorship at universities, safe spaces, etc. We live in a society where we have to constantly walk on egg shells or risk being labelled a social pariah. Let’s dive deep into the root causes and get to the bottom of it (or at least try to grasp the “what” and the “why”). Read More
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GenYChron Ep. 0008 – Demystifying yourself, your IQ and the education system
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Do you know how your personality compares to 10 000 others? This week we try to demystify ourselves by taking a scientifically valid personality test. The results were somewhat surprising… we also discuss some facts worth knowing about intelligence and how your IQ is determined. To top it off, we talk about our childhood experiences in an obsolete education system.
