Watch the full episode with Jordan here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/irCXbNqVncfLgY0.html

Lord, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

I thought I was young and invincible up until a near death experience at 32. I never thought about aging or growing old until then. Since then I quit drinking alcohol, eat well, exercise and maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle. I feel better han ever. I also appreciate life more and it takes less to make me happy. Time flies. Take care of yourself. Spend more time with your loved ones. They are the ones you think about when you think it is over.

Life is short and precious. I remind myself daily to be honest with myself, get out there and do what makes me happy.

What helped me was realizing that even if you make it to your 90's, you're usually miserable, and that's on top of the fact that we spend a majority of our lives asleep. So... can't entertain distractions anymore. Life won't wait for you, it keeps moving.

I like the host. He knows what questions to ask.

"Life isn't short, it's LOOONNNGGGG... especially when you make bad decisions!" - Chris Rock

It's really satisfying when jp talks to people of similar intellectual wavelengths. He just gets it yk!

“LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered- how fleeting my life is." ~King David, Psalm 39:4, circa 975 BC

It goes by in the wink of an eye. We don’t understand that until we’re near the end.

"Mental hygeine" was also a phrase that Jung used, I believe in Aion, to describe the continual, necessary maintenance of our psyches. It's such a true, brilliant idea. Staying well put together requires constant effort, every day--or at least every week--for our entire lives, much like our homes and bodies require constant upkeep and cleaning. And all of which requires effort.

There’s so many JP clips online. This one was, by far, my favourite. The whole interview was outstanding, thank you Chris!

Life is about recognizing the things that are of most importance to you and going after them and also avoiding the things that make you unhappy.

Thanks for posting this clip. I had already seen the entire interview, but I this hones in on some points I’ve missed.

Life is short - don't waste time thinking about gaining advantage over time! (I had two dog's die in the past month unexpectedly, it reminded me to not hamper others)

You do a wonderful job speaking with Jordan. He always seems more calm speaking with you than others. I appreciate your work. Thanks

“You get old a lot faster than you think.” Me: feeling like 8 years ago was yesterday.

Thanks for this podcast Chris. You're doing a great job with fresh insights on life in general. This discussion with JT became a frightening realization for me in Nov 2020 in lockdown. Life is too short, and slips away so fast. There is no reset button. But taking steps on self improvement, preparing for when the world opens up. Thanks again Chris. Cheers from 🇨🇦

Makes me want to watch the podcast again.... Good job mates..

I work at a nursing home. So this is really amazing advice. (Well dialog) being intentional with our presence, knowing when and what to expect. It's easier on the emotional state of loss and grief. Looking at hard struggles and preparing for the worst, yet preparing not to have regrets. There's a song I like... "pest about pain, it's timeless and honest." The gravity of that hits different each time. Ty! I really am like a lobster lately. The pressure of an old shell has to be shed!

We die in the end, regardless of what you accomplish in life. truth.

I wish I didn’t have depressive episodes. Even when I’m not in an episode, I feel boring and unlikeable. I want to break the cycle of loneliness and desperation by pursuing my career goals and putting myself out there socially, but it’s difficult when I’ve held the same self limiting beliefs for so long. I’m 24, about to be 25 in 4 months, and now I’m starting to realize how short life really is. I’ll keep fighting regardless, but in the back of my mind, it feels like I won’t be able to achieve the life that I envisioned for myself.

Thank you. Needed this

beautiful calling

So glad to have you back Jordan, looking great.

I read notes on action and urgency of time every morning to remind myself to do what I know is right in the moment... I often fall short but I try to get back on the path quicker every time. Right now I’m wasting time on KZfaq and this video snapped me out of it!

Those little videos are amazing man, keep them up! 🙏

Thank you sir. Realizing

I really love how JP carried this man's YT channel.

Great interviewer and great guest what more can you ask for 👌

Thoroughly enjoyed that talk. 👍

God bless Jordan Peterson! Thanks!

Jordan B. Peterson.. Thank you for existing

Brilliant really enjoyed this episode 👍

Attention = Being present. Great interview clip.

Make your parents proud while you still can!

The full podcast is a complete masterpiece

I tend to think being in the moment whether its wasting time or ideally doing whatever you find pleasurable is more important and fulfilling than trying to tick of a long tedious bucket list of must things before I die knowing that you will be dissatisfied of not ever achieving

Keep up the good work Chris. Hi from Manchester.

Many thanks for the pearls in this clip. I enjoy Chris' skill and eloquence as an interviewer and his astute and thought-provoking contributions very much. Re: effective exposure therapy as a catalyst for realizing that one is tougher than believed: I would argue that this result more likely arises from the gradual/piecemeal nature of properly implemented exposure therapy, together with the dominant traits of those who are most likely to have undergone such therapy and have taken part in a study that was published (i.e., veterans and first responders, who would presumably derive more self-esteem and validation from overcoming intense psychological stress, if we base that on the traits that led them to seek such vocations). As a follow-up Q, how do we know that those who emerge from such therapy with stronger psyches haven't simply further frozen their ability to feel and react emotionally, on a normal and human level, to horror? Where indeed is the 'normalcy' cutoff when it comes to exposure and recovery?

tnx

I know I've said it a couple times on different platforms. But you really NAILED this interview with him. Just so well done.

This video has made me realise how much of my life I have wasted on video games... Need to quit soon and focus on the real world :)

every video when Chris signs off with the word “unedited” in his accent, he has delivered hahaha

The wizard of self awareness

Having turned 30 recently, it really dawns on me how fast time goes. I still feel physically young and healthy, but I also realize I am at an age where I should have some things together that I don't yet. In the end time just keeps going forward.. I still remember being twenty like it was yesterday, and some things I hoped would happen in my twenties didn't. But other aspects of my life did improve. I guess no story is perfect.

The best channel on KZfaq

Damn realizing how we fail to unpack stuff, it's more powerful than just getting over what we ignored until now. It's more a power to kinda chose when you let grief and hardship in your life. Well yea the body will be more rotten in a week, but then again now I am already dealing with this, this and this, so maybe taking this body now will be worse than *choosing* to ignore it for a few days and take it 1 by 1. Since sometimes you might be hit from 20 sides, and just unpacking everything at once will do you no good.

This sort of urgency can perhaps trump a positive virtue like Patience.. which is also a predictor for a fulfilling life.. I would say a healthy balance of both is great

I’m 29 and I feel life was long already There’s so many memories already And the I feel like I’ve been places that most people haven’t and I’m Extremely glad, but I also was sidelined by bad decisions over the past year and a half. I also didn’t follow mi intuition and now that life exposed my shortcomings I know that my Fundation wasn’t built for stormy weather. Only problem I’m not sure if I have the energy to rebuilt everything.

Life being short is the thing that scares me the most

That advice is as old as mankind and great! The Buddha urged to contemplate death daily to bring forth a sense of urgency as well!

JP was on another podcast talking you up Mr.Williamson. Through what method of learning and practice did you so-well- master your powers of speech?

I’m 47 and I’ve just realised life is short. Don’t waste an opportunity of making or saving money for the future but spend your money like there is no future, I suppose that’s the paradox of life. This JP is sounding more like the old JP again we saw for the first time on JRE , that was a hell of a podcast if you’d never seen him before.

Once you come close the facing your own mortality or that of your lived ones and those closest to you and are taken away, the grief and recognition of the fickle nature of life give you the realization of deciding what you choose to really matter to you in you life and what you want to not matter even in the face if pushing against conformity. That all your worries, your anxiety's didn't really matter because a life you shared with someone you held so dear is now gone. That's when it'll get real on you, and when I lose the question to people have you ever lost anyone that your the closest in the world with and they say no. I say Oh that is wonderful for one day our life and those in an around it may not or will not always be here,the uncomfortable truth needs to be allowed to come over us and gives us into being a little more grateful for people that actually care about you,for not everyone has that that entitled to, to care for another is within and tied to love.

"Memento Mori".

If this topic interests you you should go read 'On the shortness of life - Seneca'

How can we sharpen our attention. What works so far is: exercise, meditation and keto diet. Are there other ways to grow habbits of focus and attention?

Life definitely plays it's philosophical demands on you whether you want it to or not.

By Seneca?

Thank you Gentlemen.

This video felt like a personal attack. Gotta love Dr Peterson

To add a sense of urgency, please read the following two blog posts; 'The Tail End' on Wait But Why And: 'The Universe Doesn't Give A Flying F**k About You' on DyingWords. That should wake you up

I feel really guilty for being on youtube right now, lol - on a more serious note I recently lost my father and its led me to think about how I would like my life to look at its twilight/end - basically I don't want to leave a "mess" behind for other people to sort out - I want my affairs to be in proper order - I will get comfort at the end knowing everything has been organised properly - that along with unlimited morphine

When you get the first realization that life is short, you say that you want to live each day like it is your last. Then you figure out that it is way too hard to do that. But as more and more people you know passes, you sure learn to appreciate being alive. So go out there and get the best out of it. At least so you honestly can say to yourself that you did all you could. Does that make any sense?

You can calculate how many more hours you have to live. Depending on how old you are and what diseases you may get that could shorten your life, and how many hours you spend sleeping, that may be a smaller number than you realize. Don't waste your time in doing things that do not express what you value and who you are and what you enjoy doing. A stressful job may take hours away from your life if you die earlier because of it from heart disease related illness or even cancer caused by stress.

I had a relationship like that, he would always just turn things at me and not want to discuss what happened. He wasn't always like that but one day we lost everything, and he changed. After years I realized I couldn't get him back. I had to let go, life is short we are but a speck of dust in time. God found me. My purpose is to continue growing in Christ and touch as many hearts as I can.

Personally I find it effective to just make the most of Now, as really there 'is' nothing more than that. It quickly becomes the past but then worrying less and making the most of now will make that past much better.

Mañana Mañana

Awesome listening to a modern and insightful Buddha, even if he is a magical red-skull comic figure :)

If you're here in 2021 and you haven't invested into bitcoin already then you're late. But better late than never.

I'm pretty addicted to KZfaq. I usually feel exhausted when I get home from school and youtube is a easy thing that I can do even when I'm tired, but it usually leaves me more drained afterwords. My brain craves the stimulation after a long day. Does anyone have any ideas i can use to help stop my cycle of youtube addiction?

did he just pop an adovan? 2:15?

Not much of feeling of urgency when the whole world around you is put on a halt (Covid19) am I right?

I'm curious about you guys? When did you first develop or gain this sense about the shortness of life. In my early teenage years I never really pondered it. During my late teens and early 20s I only then started to recognize the shortness of life

-- Add a Sense of Urgency in Your Life -- "You get old a lot faster than you think" "Attention is an underrated faculty.." "People don't really repress the things they don't want to face, they just fail to unpack them.. " "The problem with examining your assumptions is it's very disquieting, because you want things to act the way you predict and desire them to act and you work within a set of axioms and you act them out in order to maintain that desirable predictability. The more fundamenral the axiom that you question, the more uncertainty you release.." "Do you want to dig up the body now or you want to wait a month, well it will be more rotten in a month.." "If you decide that you're going to delve into trouble as it rises, you are likely not to avoid the delving process more than necessarily so the things won't grow into a monster that's quite so large.." JP

After repairing my relationship with my Father, my Sister and Brother in law and getting to spend time with my Nephew. These Covid lock downs (bullshit I know, learning 2nd language to distract my self.) are really starting to hurt. For now I'm going to call my 82 year old Grandma and then my Sister. [Update] Wow. Got to talk to my Grandma, she still gets to see her boyfriend and is in good company and health. She was about to call me to see if I'm doing fine. Turns out her other grand child (far more successful then me) sends her funny pictures but nether have a smart phone. I'm going to swoop in and mail her funnycat.jpg. My sister is not getting the vaccine because it could trigger her MS that is in remission and she could lose the ability to walk or move her legs. Also its my Nephew's birthday (I forgot, was reminded by Grandma earlier) they went camping in that my Sister's Husband renovated. I know you wont read this but thank you Jordan Peterson and Chris Williamson. I would have not been this happy if I didn't feel a scene of urgency this evening.

Thank god life is short

As a guy with high "Openness to experience" I do understand that I am wasting my time and what I should do But then I keep on watching KZfaq for 5 hours straight and hate myself xd

An no I don't believe he is one but think that the closest they got approved apparently

What about eternity with your loved ones in heaven? Some religious guy said something like there is no midlife crisis for a believer, the only urgency is to repent from your sins, and in my orthodox faith there is a sin that consists in crying too much over your dead loved ones.

"I'm going to see my dad 40 more times"

Y’all would be surprised how far we have gotten in the anti aging field

But let's not be unable to live because we are counting the days.

Life is short. Does waste it cleaning your room. ;-)

How to add a sense of urgency Yeah I will watch it later 🤣🤣🤣

This is me. No sense of urgency whatsoever. I feel underachieved. I dream of a great life but im not taking the necessary steps into achieving that. I want to have a great relationship with the most beautiful girlfriend. But im not even putting myself in a position to meet beautiful women. Im a day dreamer who has zero motivation to take action. I hate on myself for being mediocre. I know i can be more than i am. However, my laziness is in the driver seat and i willingly submit to it. Idk if this is depression or im just a flat out loser.

Why do you post amazing interviews on KZfaq, just to tell us that we waste our lives on KZfaq 😂

Thxyou prof jordan peterson keep talking truth on marxism lenin stalin hitler please

This one interview reminds me of the Simpsons when Marge finds that dress in a thrift store. And just keeps tearing it apart and rebuilding it. I watched the full thing. I wish I would stop getting flooded with the clips.

The title was changed it was better when it was " how to add urgency to our life " and then listing to Peterson destroy us taking about our death rather than something like a cleaning your room.

So this is all about Romantiscism against Enlightment. It is a culture war

My mother told me a long time ago "You're going to be too soon old and too late smart!" And man, was she right! She also told me if I didn't stop it, I would go blind and she was right about that one too. I can't see a thing with out my damn glasses.

Once every two years, seeing them 40 times would mean those parents will live until 150 years old? Hmm I just don't know, I would say that's a stretch

"Life is short so be sure to ruin it with benzos addiction" - Jordan Peterson :-)

yep, life is short and not that interesting. there MUST be more.

In the midst of the greatest crisis facing humanity- lockdown - Jordan Peterson - one of great thinkers of our time - has nothing to say on the issue. He avoids it like the plague (pardon the pun).

I let the love of my life walk right out the door when I could’ve stopped her. She wanted me. For years, she wanted me and only me. She wanted to build a future with me. She wanted to have a family with me. I didn’t ever make plans with her, because I was immature, scared, and just wasn’t ready for all that. She moved on and married someone else and has a family now. The regret has crushed me, and I’ve never recovered from it. I’m crushed. How can I ever recover from this? I need help

Begging the question fallacy. Fallacy: Be inspired to be urgent in the face of a short life, because a person is moved to sense of urgency due being inspired by a short life.

No wonder you keep milking every last drop from the Jordan video. He’s brought you massive numbers.