The star Canadian psychologist - who will give a lecture in Budapest on May 9 at the Papp László Sportarena - told Index that many people think they will be happy if they get everything, but happiness doesn't work that way.
In his interview with Index, Jordan B. Peterson highlighted three main qualities that he particularly appreciates in Hungarians and Eastern European people in general. You Eastern Europeans are closer to the Soviet past, so you better perceive the importance of real freedom, and you are not as susceptible to the illusions of the radical left as people from Western Europe and North America, said the star Canadian psychologist. And he added that Hungarians are able to resist the "utopian, centralizing world view", which is also a positive feature.
He also mentioned our respect for cultural traditions, which he says is increasingly lacking or punished in the Western world.
On May 9, Peterson will also visit Budapest, giving a lecture at the Papp László Sportarena. The guiding thread of the presentation will be the rules of the book Túl a renden, and it promises an insight into his new work as well. He will allocate 40 minutes for the question-and-answer session, which will be moderated by his wife.
The paper asked him what advice he would give to the Hungarian people. The psychologist replied that the most important thing is to formulate clear goals, since only those who know where they are going can reach their destination. He suggests that we take stock of ourselves and decide where we want to be in life five years from now. It can be a great help in this if we take the important areas of our life in order, such as
family, career, friendship, relationship and describe what our ideal life would be in these aspects.
Peterson considers it a big mistake that
setting goals is not taught in school, although according to his own experience, the number of students who drop out of university can be halved with this practice, and grades improve by 35 percent, and he also said that many people think that they will be happy if they get everything, but happiness is not it works like this. It comes when you see yourself moving towards a worthwhile goal.
According to the psychologist, the assumption that ecological catastrophe is inevitable due to overpopulation is not only scientifically unfounded, but in fact inhumane and bordering on genocide. Due to the energy crisis - which is almost entirely the result of the hideous green energy policy - we are already putting 300 million people at risk of starvation.
Source: Mandarin
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