12 Rules of Life: An Antidote to Chaos is a 2018 self-help book by Canadian clinical psychologist and psychology professor Jordan Petterson. It provides life advice through essays in abstract ethical principles, psychology, mythology, religion, and personal anecdotes.


12 Rules of Life is a stern, story-based, and entertaining self-help manual for young people that lays out a set of simple principles that can help us become more disciplined, behave better, act with integrity, and balance our lives while enjoying them as much as we can.