What Grabs Your Interest - Prof. Jordan Peterson

Psychology professor Jordan B. Peterson discusses how people's attention gets captured involuntary on the basis of Carl Jung.
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  • @jackaitken6528
    @jackaitken65284 жыл бұрын

    The title of this video grabbed my attention.

  • @Ijumpandfly
    @Ijumpandfly3 жыл бұрын

    Of course this is correct, let me tell you something- things that interest you- they arent random, they choosed you because thats what you been born to but not discovered yet. I had no goals for 28 years, just fingers crossed and hoping for best without making goals, but i started searching for my purpose on earth and i found it- skydiving, travelling and improving everything around me what i can. I wish for everyone to find their passions.

  • @stillakilla

    @stillakilla

    2 жыл бұрын

    My interests just found me. Pretty amazing feeling.

  • @marioestrada1579

    @marioestrada1579

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your name literally has Sky in it

  • @Ijumpandfly

    @Ijumpandfly

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marioestrada1579 ? Yes my surname is Sky.

  • @marioestrada1579

    @marioestrada1579

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Ijumpandfly your purpose is sky diving

  • @redandsoulles132

    @redandsoulles132

    2 жыл бұрын

    Man i hope i find my passion. I am 26 years old and can't seem to find anything that i have interest in for more than a few month.

  • @MCCreativeLegends
    @MCCreativeLegends6 жыл бұрын

    That thumbnail is very accurate

  • @Sorenbaa

    @Sorenbaa

    6 жыл бұрын

    comrade CLEAN YOUR ROOM

  • @alexanderx33
    @alexanderx333 жыл бұрын

    Knowledge breeds interest. Question answered. Less succinctly, interest is generated by perceived extentions to a dendritic structure of knowledge. That is how it pretty much has to work, but the motivation to go through with learning more is partly determined by hedonistic desire and partly just because you can. The latter of which we might call a general hunger for knowledge.

  • @giampaolomannucci8281

    @giampaolomannucci8281

    3 жыл бұрын

    that's not true, at least to me if something doesn't interest me, it doesn't matter how much I study (gather knowledge) I'll still forget and don't develop more interest in it

  • @_abk_3251

    @_abk_3251

    2 жыл бұрын

    r/iamverysmart

  • @izawaniek2568
    @izawaniek25682 жыл бұрын

    The interests have us and help us in achieving self-realization. Great observations. Thank you.

  • @davidg2143
    @davidg21432 жыл бұрын

    Bad thoughts can keep you from concentrating even on things you love.

  • @evgenykandybko
    @evgenykandybko6 жыл бұрын

    Such a simple yet powerful idea. Unfortunately you can't be interested in everything that you have to do and learn to succeed..

  • @Aodm2020preTCacc.

    @Aodm2020preTCacc.

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ñoppñp

  • @josephmiceli1672

    @josephmiceli1672

    Жыл бұрын

    That makes me so disappointed

  • @DPapDpap
    @DPapDpap2 жыл бұрын

    This is a great explanation for the law of attraction in which “self” is chosen not inherit

  • @geoffreyholdsworth3380
    @geoffreyholdsworth33803 жыл бұрын

    Things that interest you or even those things that you feel passionate for and my not understand in the earlier stages through lack of awareness of self, are in my experience and understanding, things you have a link to or have learnt before.

  • @LLindo
    @LLindo5 жыл бұрын

    I'm scared to be optimistic but your thumbnails and titles are accurate, fun or any combination of those and intriguing. We need more channels like this, not this provocative and deceptive click-bait. Thank you.

  • @mebe5046
    @mebe50464 жыл бұрын

    this is sooo good

  • @xgetxsickx
    @xgetxsickx3 жыл бұрын

    Amazingly profound

  • @brendontompa-clinch2306
    @brendontompa-clinch23066 жыл бұрын

    Jordan you are the best!! Im half way through your biblical study videos, great stuff.

  • @alessiomarin1218
    @alessiomarin12184 жыл бұрын

    This is extremely accurate. I relate to what he said about not being interested in exam/study material... my interests have for the last two years been primarily psychometrics, and cognitive, personality and abnormal psychology (among other things). I'm studying psychology at university and, despite my terrible and crippling anxiety due to past failures (which were a consequence of severe depression), am enjoying it. Except... my interests in psychology are somewhat narrow, and we don't learn about those topics that much until second year (I'm first-year). I had a quiz to do on cross-cultural psychology, and couldn't bring myself to read the textbook material beforehand; it was just way too damn boring. So, I took it anyway and tried my best, but only ended up getting 18/30. It's a pass, but still pretty damn shit.

  • @charlotte8659

    @charlotte8659

    Жыл бұрын

    You need the wider aim of what you’re going to do with your degree to motivate you

  • @seti010894
    @seti0108942 жыл бұрын

    So when I play warcraft instead of working, it's my instinct of self-realization hinting at my true potential as a powerful warrior

  • @lemonysnicket3153

    @lemonysnicket3153

    2 жыл бұрын

    Certainly

  • @robertimmanuel577

    @robertimmanuel577

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know this is a joke. But you're just drawn to dopamine-inducing activities, I'd rather eat than exercise but does that mean I have a passion for eating food?

  • @SilhSe
    @SilhSe3 жыл бұрын

    😂🤣 that thumbnail is GOLD 🏅

  • @MAMP
    @MAMP6 жыл бұрын

    Slayed it

  • @MMMCLXXX
    @MMMCLXXX6 жыл бұрын

    I swear the title said "What *Crabs* Your Interest" lol

  • @PsycheMatters

    @PsycheMatters

    6 жыл бұрын

    It did. :) I immediately fixed it, but KZread probably took a while to update the title.

  • @scientificatheist9381

    @scientificatheist9381

    5 жыл бұрын

    Crab? Lobster is offended

  • @TheSlipKid93
    @TheSlipKid932 жыл бұрын

    This is true and it seems to be especially true with people with ADHD.

  • @bruceashby6900
    @bruceashby69006 жыл бұрын

    Hate love dam good to listen to him.

  • @madeparka9263
    @madeparka92635 жыл бұрын

    I hope you can help me , My future career is being a Chef and i very love it . But my parent don't want me to became a chef. My parent forcing me to became police / military... They always mentioning about wealth = Good life ... What should i do? *Sorry for my bad english*

  • @jasonb6570

    @jasonb6570

    5 жыл бұрын

    Do what you want.

  • @jotansun4357

    @jotansun4357

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don't let your dreams turn into regrets. They will hound you by your deathbed. Try it out, it can go either the way. Life is random but when you choose, you assert yourself and pave a path to your next destination!

  • @joedavys7048

    @joedavys7048

    3 жыл бұрын

    simple... dont listen to them... take advice as information, but ultimately think through what you would like to do and how you want your life to look like.. visualise my friend

  • @Patrick-ui4ls

    @Patrick-ui4ls

    3 жыл бұрын

    What did you choose?

  • @hoselegion845

    @hoselegion845

    2 жыл бұрын

    What did you choose? If you're still on the fence I'd advise you to pick the job you wouldn't mind doing all day, funnily enough for me that would be police and perhaps even a military officer.

  • @nehemaialord2653
    @nehemaialord2653 Жыл бұрын

    What to do about the things stopping you from pursuing it

  • @josephmiceli1672
    @josephmiceli1672 Жыл бұрын

    Will there ever be a way of being able to control these things

  • @minkikato
    @minkikato2 жыл бұрын

    Ngl that thumbnail grabbed my interest

  • @taylenday
    @taylenday3 жыл бұрын

    Heyyy World of Warcraft in the thumbnail, lol

  • @VoidDankest
    @VoidDankest2 жыл бұрын

    Relating this to education. If a teacher would discover the main interest of every student and use that information in moments of learning - would that be optimal to trigger a motive to learn within the students? Say a kid who loves pokemon for example. Using his interest when teaching math by lets say count pokeballs - would that be the most efficient way to get him/her to learn?

  • @nikkivanzanen

    @nikkivanzanen

    2 жыл бұрын

    As a teacher, it would definitely help. But the problem is it can be quite difficult to relate students interests to subjects. It only gets harder the more students you have to teach at the same time. But yes, it does help. It can even help to motive yourself with studying.

  • @eso2023
    @eso20233 жыл бұрын

    Why does he have a warcraft logo on hand🤔

  • @josephmiceli1672
    @josephmiceli1672 Жыл бұрын

    ASMR grips my attention

  • @therallaghans3661
    @therallaghans36612 жыл бұрын

    The world/reality/government/nature will force you to pay attention to a bunch of stuff. But nobody forces you to pay attention to your dreams. Hence, your dreams are precisely the thing that you should tyrannically attend to.

  • @Kaizen747
    @Kaizen747 Жыл бұрын

    Ayy that thumbnail

  • @aljonserna5598
    @aljonserna5598 Жыл бұрын

    Damn it's creepy, I somehow understand a lot of archetypes now thanks to Jordan but damn I now realize the meaning behind when Cooper gets in the tesseract of black hole scene

  • @mattiascaccabarozzi
    @mattiascaccabarozzi2 жыл бұрын

    My interests found me at my 7th birthday, in the form of a book and a chessboard

  • @vvv4889
    @vvv48893 жыл бұрын

    2:55-3:18

  • @jasonspalding2929
    @jasonspalding29292 жыл бұрын

    I haven't found many, if any, things I am not interested in. What does that say about me as a person I wonder.

  • @AnemosFPV

    @AnemosFPV

    Жыл бұрын

    You aren’t honest with yourself. You see things you love, you just are choosing to ignore them

  • @welcometoopa
    @welcometoopa6 жыл бұрын

    Who else came here for WOW? 😒

  • @Beautiful_Sound_1995
    @Beautiful_Sound_19957 ай бұрын

    I'm obsessed with everything so there's no point.

  • @sxftsxft6
    @sxftsxft62 жыл бұрын

    Yo my head is expanding

  • @caleuxx9108
    @caleuxx91089 ай бұрын

    Interests ...... Atheism..... You dont choose your interests.... they choose you.... Children imitate adults.... hero worship .....

  • @Dynamice1337
    @Dynamice13372 жыл бұрын

    Oh lame, I thought he had invented a thumbnail that embedded an icon for whatever the viewer spent time watching/viewing. Nope, just a cheeky wow icon. I guess I AM special....

  • @kleberbrito9973
    @kleberbrito99733 жыл бұрын

    Just no concidences

  • @donaldjoy4023
    @donaldjoy402311 ай бұрын

    Everything is predestined by God according to His plan.

  • @MMMCLXXX
    @MMMCLXXX6 жыл бұрын

    You should call yourself "Psychic Matters". It's like there's a _nexvs_ of proboscis-laden intuitive _Jordanian Petersian_ mollusks relaying synapses.

  • @josephmiceli1672
    @josephmiceli1672 Жыл бұрын

    I am scared of following these interests though

  • @seppukudaily5902
    @seppukudaily59023 жыл бұрын

    I think spirits are behind the scenes. But im just an illiterate, uneducated human being. What do I know of the vast space called my mind? ヽ(;▽;)ノ

  • @ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge
    @ExploreLearnEnglishWithGeorge3 жыл бұрын

    you wouldn't have to lower yourself by taking snobs at atheists JP

  • @freeman37
    @freeman374 жыл бұрын

    Wow is wasting your potential basically cuz you're directing your focus into something unproductive.