These books have influenced me in ways that are hard to describe. I've been chewing on them for so long I thought I would go crazy, probably did for a bit. Keep reaching for that third option, question mother culture.

I hope to see this in a gallery one day.

Ok fair enough, you want something prescriptive to tell you how you should conduct yourself? Do you mind telling me a little about yourself?

I think the problem with telling people what they should do is that there is a certain amount of survivorship bias, this worked for me kind of stuff.

The problem that just because something worked in the past doesn't mean it will work again. Success, especially someone like JP is like winning the lottery, and then he sells his bs.

If you give me some background information about yourself, or if you prefer in my dms, I can orient you towards some thing to read that might actually help you out.

What type of books are you looking for? Something in self help? Off the top of my head in that genre Atomic Habits might be a good start.

JP came up in another subreddit. Someone recommended this article that I can't recommend enough.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-intellectual-we-deserve

It's lengthy but does a great job summarizing what JP is. I tried reading 12 rules cause my cousin really liked JP, I couldn't get past the lobster stuff and couldn't understand what the fuck is he talking about.

The more I learn about JP the more I understand how people think they're smart cause they read the cole's notes but actually haven't done the heavy lifting to understand the subject matter themselves.

My cousin will mention Nietzsche's ideas but I understand it's all dangerously meditated through JP. I've tried reading Nietzche, it's hard stuff and you need a background of ideas.

Curious what you're looking for from 12 Rules because I could probably recommend a 100 different books of better quality.