![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a guru specialising in the meaning of life, it’s important not to give people the impression you just pulled a round number of bromides out your ass and can just as easily supply more. Should his new rules qualify the existing rules or contradict them or introduce loopholes? For if the 12 more rules seem less important than the original 12 – a set of codicils, if you like, or minor admonitions he forgot to include in the first book – readers may think it a bit of a swizz to be charged full whack for them.Ĭonversely, if they signify a wholesale rethink in the Peterson system, devotees of the first book – backs aching from rule one (“Stand up straight with your shoulders back”), streaming with allergies from rule 12 (“Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street”) and having suffered years of killingly boring pub chat from rule three (“Make friends with people who want the best for you”) – may demand their money back. This spring, Peterson is following up his multimillion-selling book with a sequel, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life. What now becomes clear, though, is that had Moses been in possession of a publishing contract he’d have shot back up Mount Sinai for more Commandments as soon as paperback sales of the original set started to flag. ![]() It won’t have escaped anyone’s attention that Peterson gave the world 12 rules to the Almighty’s ten. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |