Rule 3 - Make Friends with People Who Want the Best for You

The book ''12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos'' is filled with good advice that everyone can benefit from. Many of the things in it were not an epiphany for me since they are things that I had already thought of, but put into Peterson's words. However, it is useful to have these thoughts written down and put together in a book. The excerpt that I chose from chapter three carries one of the most important messages in the book. The author warns his readers of the people they surround themselves with. Not everyone that we meet wants the best for us. Driven by jealousy and insecurity, some will not want to see us doing as well as them or better than them. The same people will want to get the best out of us in order to better themselves while bringing us down at the same time. Peterson wants us to be careful of who to help: the ones who actually care for us and need our help to improve or the ones who don't? I have a few friends that give too much of themselves to people who do not deserve it and I think that this book would be of great help to them in multiple aspects. Personally, I do doubt many of my acquaintances and even some family members. I do feel like they only come to me when in need but I still shy away from cutting ties with these people because I do not want to hurt them, if they would even be hurt. I prefer to be the one to hurt instead of others, that is one of my worst traits. Not to be hypocritical, I also had a very selfish period in my life, but it is essential to accept and learn from the past to better oneself.