Be your boss and employee





Well, this is one of those titles that can be a bit confusing because well first of all how can I be my own boss and my own employee as well. The original 5th rule for life according to Jordan Peterson is "Do not let your children do anything that will make you dislike them". Well as many of you may know I do not have any children so I decided to take the rule and fit it into my life. The rule is...look at yourself from an outsider's point of view and weed out those qualities that make you cringe when you look at yourself doing them.

It seems to me like we had been focusing more on the power of habit but when I read this chapter I realized that a person's character plays as much an important role as anything else in your journey to success. The rule talks about how each one of us has a moral obligation to be useful to the community and aim for the highest possible good.



 To avoid poor behavior in children, Peterson argues to limit the rules imposed on them and use minimal force. Well while this sounds like something a failing parent would be told in a therapy session, the same also applies to you in your life. Limit the rules you impose on yourself and use minimal force against yourself. Strangely there are people who tyrannize themselves and treat themselves like failures and slaves. Such people believe in forcing themselves to do certain things that perhaps they believe are good for them. The force comes because :

  • They are not disciplined enough to do things because they want to
  • They are unpleased with their level of progress
  • They struggle to be consistent


Well it feels like I have just described myself a few years back when I started varsity. So the question is : How does one overcome this ? Well I am blessed enough to have a lot of older people around me who I am comfortable enough to ask anything. Possibly one of the best pieces of advice I have ever received is "Treat yourself like a good boss would treat a good employee". A good boss would make a schedule which leads to great productivity without overworking the employee. A good boss also provides rewards for every job done. A good employee follows that schedule to the letter because they know that the boss only wants what is good for them and they are going to be rewarded after it.

So in simpler words look at yourself like you are your boss, a good boss for that matter and treat yourself like the good employee that you are and get things done. Have a blessed week and Thank God its Monday.

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