Jordan Peterson Reveals His Thought Process and Writing Techniques

Jordan Peterson brilliantly lays out the process he goes through while contemplating complex problems. Reveals his writing techniques. Talks about Brett Kavanaugh. Patrick Bet-David at Valuetainment is great
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[@powers6253]

"Often when you're writing and you reread it, you read what you think you wrote... because you still have the ideas in your head that are part of the cloud of ideas... and it's not until you forget the context, in some sense, that you can actually see what you wrote."

[@alidurrani4645]

absolutely loved this part

[@TheCodeTinkerer]

I think every student haver tried this, when handing in a hastily written report..

[@fallfornature]

Have you ever found a handwritte annotation in your study material which made no sense? :D happened to me often. It probably did make sense at one point when I was working on the text. A good way to circumvent that is to write the annotation as if you would put it on paper for another person to read.

[@powers6253]

@@fallfornature I have done that and arrived at the same solution you just described.

[@TheCodeTinkerer]

@@fallfornature Several times, but the worst ones are in a handed-in report :/

[@riderroller]

This person is just phenomenal, i can’t even describe how lucky and privileged i feel to get to read his books and watch his videos , he touches the deep truth inside me and when i listen to his words truth and a clear wise vision manifest its self right infront of me

[@killman369547]

it's like he goes down into the utility/maintenance room of the mind, finds what is essentially the main breaker panel and starts flipping on whatever switches are off.

[@Gasta1983]

@@killman369547 I like your metaphor. That pretty much outlines his thought process to my mind as well.

[@Amadeusch]

I dont engage in the comments in every Peterson Video i watch, that said everytime i want to there´s already a so well written and empathic Statement I´ve got nothing to add. Thanks and good job

[@rrickarr]

51 seconds in and I am worried the interviewer is going to continue interrupting one of the most brilliant minds on the planet!

[@b_ba5661]

The question the interviewer asked was exactly what I was wondering in it’s amazing.

[@denali9643]

From day 1 it was clear to me Dr.JP was brilliant in every sense of the word. This portal into his intellectual work ethic gives us a glimpse into both the “why” and “how” simultaneously.

[@daveerwin6981]

What have you said? You dumbass

[@stereosorcery]

@@daveerwin6981 He just commented on Dr. Peterson's brilliance, I presume you wouldn't be able to acknowledge that because you put all of your focus in to insulting Denali 96's comment. You should have known that insulting somebody who is complimenting a brilliant man for teaching them is not going to teach you how to write, or speak more clearly. Glad you made this comment though, all together, I enjoyed typing this to you. Hope you're doing better!

[@jeaniekennedy4288]

Book writing breakdown process at 5.40

[@peterjuhasz9741]

Thank you

[@sciencophile]

5:40

[@Turner9090]

It would be so crucial to have Jordan Peterson be a lecturer in every high school in America

[@lipingfeng]

a great interview! I appreciate the dedication and craftsmanship JP puts into his writing.

[@paddlehigher8604]

Excellent! Great illustration of the writing process.

[@jomk5731]

Brilliant questions. Brilliant answers. Thanks Pat & JP 💗

[@anasz7853]

Hats off for the question. 👍

[@j.r.r.tolkee7000]

I happen upon this write as I am taking a break between sections of a book review that is coming up on the deadline. Fortuitous.

[@safwanjd1733]

Just to be clear. -Thoughts can be organised as fictional avatars of yourself and basically counterdicte them in order to be more organized and articulate your thought process from the fictional world ( your brain) to the actual physical world. This is actually useable to manage your everyday life, and make it more fruitful. - when you engage in any activity you process during your productive hours might they be , homework, job or a project. You can break down the process to built-points or head lines and keep breaking until you reach the baseline of such activity and use the method listed above to make it as better as it can get. This man is a genius!!! P.s:_ the comment is might be sore for the eye of professionals in writing and native speakers of the English language (ie. Run on sentences. Incorrect placement of punctuation marks. Grammar mistakes) and I apologise for that. I'm merrily learning how to write and read the language and if anyone have any tips, your help is much appreciated.

[@myrtillesm3532]

Fantastic. I became very emotional. It's so precious to me. Million times THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@adm5618]

This is great to hear. I use a number of these techniques myself, often taking considerable time to finalise a paragraph or sentence when writing. Its reassuring to know that I'm not being perfectionist. That has been my major concern, that it is a roadblock to progress. Instead, I now know that I am just maximising my ability

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

Same here. Just shows that writing does require hard work. I used to get confused and frustrated when my paragraphs would wind up being longwinded. It just shows where I need more thinking ...

[@carolinearaujo17]

I do the same!

[@melanieskrypnyk4899]

Excellent job interviewer! A pleasure to watch this.

[@theangelicbeautyofyours807]

Interesting! I need this. Thanks.

[@tufailrigoo9196]

Thank you, gentlemen!!!👍

[@bengrahamvandersandt2477]

Absolutely brilliant advise - thank you

[@johnramirez4747]

What a great way of organizing thought,

[@stanislavvallus6546]

I can tell the fact: I have a bunch of friends who are writers. Everyone writes a different style of literature, but the fact is that all of them are absolutely amazing in critical thinking.. so you know what to do if you want to become smarter😅

[@dementare]

1) If *ALL* of your "writer friends" are "Absolutely Amazing" in critical thinking... then either you have an extremely rare group of friends, or you're heavily overselling they're abilities. 2) I'm unaware of any documented evidence that increasing one's "Writing Skill" will increase one's "Critical Thinking Skills". 3) I would contend that if anything it's the other way around. That a person who is very good at thinking critically, make for good writers. As you clearly have to *think* before you write. And you have to *think* critically when learning about "better writing techniques". 4) So, I'd say that if you want to become "smarter" (If we're defining that to be one's "Critical Thinking Skills") that you should instead of studying writing skills, practice and study critical thinking skills *directly* .

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

Writing obliges you to make your thinking clearer, as you can see all the gaps between your ideas.

[@JoseMartinez-qy9ri]

dementare the fact that that response is 20x more precise and clear than anything you could’ve said in person just proves that writing makes your points more clear.

[@dementare]

@@JoseMartinez-qy9ri I'm going to use you as an example here... "The Fact that the response is 20x more precise..." What response? Response to "what"? "Just proves that writing makes your points more clear." Ehh... *YOU* were writing here, and I somehow think if we were talking in person, I'd have a better understanding of what you mean. Because I don't know "What" response you're talking about, or "How" making your points "more clear" has *ANYTHING* to do with "CRITICAL THINKING". Perhaps... if you were *BETTER* at your critical thinking skills, your comment *WOULD HAVE* been written better.....

[@Iancreed8592]

@@dementare Sure, practicing and studying critical thinking skills directly is great for improving your critical thinking skills, but so is writing. It's not as binary of a choice as you make it out to be. I think this is a trap many people fall into nowdays, especially online. "I have a differing opinion than you, therefore your opinion or statement is completely wrong. Think a little more critically and its not too hard to imagine all the ways writing your thoughts down can improve critical thinking skills.

[@itspawanhere]

As always, Jordan Peterson is SPOT ON. Thank you.

[@delamberty]

This is the master class I was looking for.

[@scout11238]

He's an honest smart man who has the power to influence the unprivileged turning to be privileged. I've read his book and now I'm aspired to an author. Because makes me feel good everytime I right. I right extensively everyday in my journal, ordinary paper, and so forth that free me to explore other ideas that are popping out of my head. We're grateful to have him.

[@tanyasharma4034]

Well said

[@hxlo77]

I love this guy. The world needs leaders like him.

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

This is gold.

[@HunterLeaderPro]

I'm very well uneducated and wish to articulate myself and understand more, politics is something I've been trying to comprehend for many years now and the thought of trying to break down what politics even is, is very overwhelming. Any advice on where to start in order to get an idea of what politics is and how it affects me?

[@BernBuhring]

He uses the technique of the book "Moonwalking with Einstein".

[@mildhotpeppers]

Great book! Although, just so nobody gets the wrong idea, this technique was not discovered by the author of the book. The technique is used and explained by the author.

[@erecartes]

Fascinating 🤔

[@berliannahaz423]

I also talk to myself cuz when my mind is working its kinda like a machine that needs to process some issue. But I'm a slow writer. It's easier to just verbalize it (& argue like how JP described). If i don't, then my mind will be like a machine that overheat and i need to shut it down.... Meaning I'll go around wasting time trying to prevent this "machine" from running again...... I'm easily distracted so if i EVENTUALLY find a person to discuss something then it i might ended up being distracted w the person im having the conversation with. Cause I'm a good listener & observer....

[@abesapien9930]

Ok, that was damn helpful.

[@mohammedfatahiya3235]

The beloved psychologist. ❤

[@maxwelljarman7785]

0:55 Can someone leave a link to the lectures he is refferring to?? I want to picture this "theory" a little more

[@girinathprthi]

That's how it is shown in Sherlock series. Memory palace. Much difficult to actually do it.

[@Iancreed8592]

A memory palace is actually an easier way of memorizing things. Not more difficult. Anyone can do it.

[@hunterm8643]

@@Iancreed8592 unless you have aphantasia

[@nnekaedwards9270]

I'm a prolific author but my writing process is more intuitive. I can understand how being as minutely methodical as Dr. Peterson can be helpful to a would-be writer just finding their feet (or prepping their pen), but tbh I don't think that re-writing a sentence fifty times (if I understood him correctly) is time-efficient; and it's not sustainable or even something I would recommend if someone has a lot to say and a virtual library stored within. You'd be writing for hundreds of years ... and ain't none of us got that kind of time. Of course, there are many roads to Rome and many avenues leading to Amazon (etc.) bookselling, but what has worked for me is developing my instinctive feel for the wording I craft or produce, by reading quality literature (including classics), penning poetry, listening to gifted orators, and journaling (to name just a few). And, yes (of course) this would all take time to really soak into our writing-ability psyche, but it would be more economical (from a literary standpoint), in the long run. If you write intuitively you can jump from sentence one (your draft sentence) to your perfected sentence in well less than half the attempts that going through fifty rounds of editing would take. Much respect to Dr. Peterson, but just thought I'd offer an alternative strategy ...

[@intellectracoon]

2:29 ínside Jordan's head "you are a proud crab ain't ya"

[@plantedmind]

I just sent this video to my husband 😂 he always made fun of me that I think in boxes stored in different rooms or In pictures and pro and against my own self 🤣🤣🤣

[@milkyway9225]

whats this Brave Browser meeting?

[@HunterLeaderPro]

How do you know what to write about? I've struggled to know what it is I'm meant to write about. Jordan mentions writing about what you think of the things you read about, and I don't know any more than the author so all I'm going to write about is what is already written on the page. So what do I do?

[@goppipiyathesocilafighter8251]

Osm b man

[@prakashg7320]

Book writing @ 5:40

[@jubayermufid1710]

Which lectures is he talking about?

[@workinprogress0123]

I think sir Peterson is talking about something called elaborated rehearsal at the starting of the video which he says that he plug the new info. With something theory or believe that u already know

[@ali18398]

Who cares what the other dude wants to say? He is there to ask questions! But he goes on and on!

[@flamebows5814]

The phenomenon JBP is talking about is Memory Palace

[@fahimfaisal3254]

5:40

[@Turner9090]

Here’s the thing. If you’re writing an essay for an exam you don’t have the opportunity to wait a few weeks to come back and analyze it so what does Jordan Peterson do under a time limit?

[@joeytocd]

Shout-out to Jordan for handling this guy's constant interruptions how he did. Interviewer needs to sit back and listen.

[@luissierrat9589]

His goal was not to interrupt dr peterson. He was just genuinely trying to understand and learn from dr perterson.

[@giampaolomannucci8281]

OP lives in a bubble. It's normal to "interrupt" if you have something of value to say, or if you need to steer the conversation by adding needed details. When two people respect each other, this technique is well accepted and used by both, equally, when needed. Seems to me the interviewer did a great job pushing Peterson into explaining the whole process, in depth.

[@jaredschmidt8013]

I think interviewers and/or anchormen sometimes forget when they are interviewing their guests that there is an audience that is trying to understand the POV of their guest, and thus are likely to give their own two cents more often than they should. I don't think his intention was to interrupt JP, I think he was generally interested in what he was saying and treated it more like a civil conversation rather than an interview.

[@videoolga8850]

@@giampaolomannucci8281 People like Petersson have a plan for what they are going to tell you. It has a beginning, a middle and an end. He does not think or talk lika a train from a to z, he thinks and explain a whole map. You heard him, he has four Jordan to juggle, you can't keep juggling if you are interrupted all the time. It's rude to to not let people talk until they are finished. (have completed a sentence) and hell for people who thinks big.

[@videoolga8850]

@@jaredschmidt8013 He wasn't smart enough to get what Jordan was saying, he made it about himself, he makes it more difficult for the audience to understand.

[@ilovejettrooper5922]

5:39

[@saurabhkambliSaukaONE]

Jordan Peterson must be a scary professor man! he is the type of professor that you love to attend lectures to but very hard to pass in his class!

[@firefly3479]

Is it memory castling? The technique that he talks about?

[@vijayvamsavardhana2154]

Valuetainment is people for people mlm

[@vivianbi7781]

why the other dude cant make his questions short？

[@thomasshelby6551]

Email him.

[@hardik373]

He sounds like Michael Scott

[@goppipiyathesocilafighter8251]

Ok good

[@alaamaoula2404]

The best writer doesn't exi.... JP: hold my lobster

[@jasons408]

I've just learned about the Intellectual Dark Web. This needs to be more publicized on the internet, more pushed out...

[@johnanderson3520]

You have to know how to think before you can write. A sick and twisted mind can influence people just as well as a normal person can. The key point to writing and speaking is knowing the rules to rhetoric ...

[@soham2801]

3:40 4:20

[@kevinburns8473]

This is Jordan Peterson and all but man, that interviewer was fantastic once he stopped talking over Dr. J.P

[@parislangley5431]

The host completely dominated this. I can to watch Peterson, not this mans ego.

[@asgarddemasia3560]

Smart people don’t use deep words so you can’t understand them but smart people want to share knowledge like explaining it to a kid thats why JP is OG

[@PassionPno]

You referring to the Feynman technique, I believe.

[@LazuliRose]

Mbti GROUP! Thoughts? Seems Ne but its difficult to pin down!

[@maniravandi5983]

he could've been a pianist

[@juanzavala9023]

How are his saccades fast even if he’s on benzos????

[@avesta1994]

The interviewer holds a PhD in interrupting the interviewee

[@Joshkie2]

Mind Mapping?

[@PassionPno]

He was referring to Method of Loci more commonly known as mind palace or memory castle. It is an ancient Greek memory technique that is still widely used today by memory athletes. If you're interested, you can check out Joshua Foer's book, Moonwalking with Einstein.

[@Joshkie2]

Stephanie K Yes I aware of memory palace or memory castle, but a modern equivalent is mind mapping and systems mapping. Where you can not only build an internal map and pneumonic but can draw it out in 2d and even 3d to help convey or translate that information to others. Also what Jordan seemed to be implying is that he just spent so much time with the information that he just knows where all the pieces of information are in his head and where any new data that he comes across fits or changes his thinking on the whole. From what it sounds like is he did not do this consciously or as a process of association to other things in a “room, house or castle” as a means to remember them. He seems to just know the data and how it fits. My open ended question was to me and everyone as was I wonder what a Mind Map of “Maps” of Meaning would look like and if their was a connection intentional or not.

[@Joshkie2]

Stephanie K Also a good mind map is more than just a pneumonic for helping you remember data but will help you understand how all the data relates and fits together as a whole. A good book on this is How to Study with Mind Maps: The Concise Learning Method by Toni Krasnic. Another similar approach is within the Systemic Thinking Community and where by they by they identify all the parts in a system and draw out their relation ships as best they can and how they effect each other... called a system map. Using a combination of the two disciplines it quite possible to hold the totality of a subject in ones head. The problem with just knowing data or knowledge is this does not mean one will have the wisdom, or knowledge of how, to make good decisions with it. There are many books on how to think critically about any knowledge one gains to be able to use it effectively to better ones life and those around them. Sorry for the rant. Amazing this was off a comment I had mad over a year a go. The internet is amazing. And I’m hoping you are having a good day.

[@kaylagilliam7997]

My fear of this editing style is the possibility of over-editing to the point of it becoming pretentious, especially in word choice. Those of you who are more apt in your writing than in your speech might relate.

[@nikolaiandre5751]

Yea, editing too much can Also ruin art. Eventually you can ruin the energy it once had by trying to make it perfect. Do u write?

[@kaylagilliam7997]

@@nikolaiandre5751 Yes I do! Working on a short 130 page project that I've combed through at least 11 times. It takes discipline and humility to put down the pen. For my writing, look up my name on Medium. Feel free to share your work with me.

[@nikolaiandre5751]

@@kaylagilliam7997 Thats cool, my grandma reads that magazine. Sharing sounds fun, i’d like to talk if u want. Never really met another writer

[@kaylagilliam7997]

@@nikolaiandre5751 feel free to email me

[@ali18398]

The host person does not even let JP talk 🙄

[@manzinin1070]

That's just a lie. Peterson was asked about his thinking process and the majority of the video is Peterson answering that question.

[@edwinroth3786]

Basically a mind palace

[@garytole2360]

The interviewer did a bad job. "A used car salesman test driving a Ferrari!"

[@oaktreedialogues6318]

Actually, he’s the only one I’ve seen to ask this particularly interesting question. I think he was very good.

[@Poopuzi]

rick grimes' so classy nowadays

[@zenstories]

The interviewer seems more interested in hearing himself talk than listen to Mr. Peterson. This is also a takeaway from the video: Don't be like this guy.

[@mechailreydon3784]

He wrote every sentence in maps of meaning 10 times... just let that sink in.

[@conradgnad]

And you cant even differentiate between 10 and 50

[@mechailreydon3784]

I meant 50

[@ferget9111]

This is Extraordinary😅he's to op

[@istvanjegels3024]

You read what you think you wrote... Damn

[@Mohamed-bm6yk]

as someone said genius is to know how to hide your sources

[@moonkoral1009]

I’d never put that much effort into a class 😭 maybe a personal project but definitely not for a grade lmfao like I’m paying for school AND you want me to break my back writing something I don’t care about?

[@jensb3946]

No shit. Jordan is talking about the writing process for the books that he has written. How does that in any way compare to school essays?

[@moonkoral1009]

@@jensb3946 relax.

[@ved3046]

Writing things like Peterson teaches you how to think.

[@quicksilver0294]

The interviewer was kinda annoying. He kept interrupting Peterson to get in his own word, whether it was a question or not. He interrupted with a lot of unnecessary comments. I would have liked to hear Jordan Peterson just explain himself without having to worry about the interviewer saying something. It’s an interview, not a conversation.

[@iboremytherapist]

JP IS THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST (sry for being a weak, simp fanboy) but he is the father figure that i never had. i listen to his lectures on the weekends, and they always have at least 1 profound concept that blows my mind. he gets so excited when talking with other intellectuals on a similar level. then there are those who, in an uneducated, sophomoric attempt try to discredit him, fail miserably like cathy neuman and the most recent UK times interview. if you suspend disbelief, and consider what he's saying, it's all helpful, without being arrogant

[@LegatoStacatp]

Jordan Peterson runs laps around PBD intellectually. I can see it in PDS’s face.

[@angeltraegerocana5238]

people cant take the fact that science does not have the answer for all

[@001chronos]

This guy likes to listen to himself talk.

[@louklein3916]

I didnt click on the name Jordan Peterson to listen to the interviewer talk more than the interviewee. He has to be egotistical.

[@PixelPhobiac]

Let my man speak. Jeez...

[@huseyinnacar6810]

the interviewer is pure evil

[@dementare]

For a Channel Named "Intellectual Dark Web".... They sure have a bias for Peterson.

[@debd7631]

What do you mean?

[@dementare]

@@debd7631 There's quite a few members of the intellectual dark web.... but this channel only has 3 videos out of the 22 that *DONT* star jordan peterson. Like Sam Harris, who pretty much crushed the "facade" that Peterson believes in the same god *MOST* "Christians" do. Funny though how he's not on the channel *AT ALL* .... huh.... imagine that.

[@dallisjohnson662]

This interviewer is terrible.

[@abrekarslan]

You are so much like me, i don't like you, bro..

[@mesho95f]

The interviewer is insufferable

[@mrdryst7265]

Terrible interviewer, just terrible.

[@nasarjafri7611]

5:40