Jordan Peterson often advises people who want to change the world that they ought to start by cleaning their own room. In giving this advice, he offers at once wise counsel and biting commentary. Bringing order and competence to your own existence is a worthwhile endeavor. But Peterson is also subtly pointing out that it’s easier to point the finger outward than to clean your own mess. In fact, one might be tempted to speculate that people who are most zealous for others to change may be motivated by a desire to divert attention from their own personal failures. Jesus offered similar advice when he suggested that people stop pointing out a piece of sawdust in another person’s eye when they have an entire log in their own.
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Jordan Peterson often advises people who want to change the world that they ought to start by cleaning their own room. In giving this advice, he offers at once wise counsel and biting commentary. Bringing order and competence to your own existence is a worthwhile endeavor. But Peterson is also subtly pointing out that it’s easier to point the finger outward than to clean your own mess. In fact, one might be tempted to speculate that people who are most zealous for others to change may be motivated by a desire to divert attention from their own personal failures. Jesus offered similar advice when he suggested that people stop pointing out a piece of sawdust in another person’s eye when they have an entire log in their own.