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Hello Dr. Peterson, Firstly, thank you for all you do and have done for me and countless others. It truly is invaluable. My fiance is a new nurse and has consistently struggled with what I believe is a lack of confidence, based in what she sees in herself is a lack of competence and because of that and other things, she does not enjoy her profession yet. I truly believe the primary reason is she is new at what she does and primarily needs to get her "reps" in. Your best advice for this is rule 4, "compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who some else is today." I have tried this and nearly every motivational line I can find to help rally her in her lowest moments. Where would you turn next?

Love

What if there were one evil so prolific that the world at large would have no choice but to unite against it. Would that evil then be love?

Punished by Rewards

I’ve encountered a great deal of research on how rewards and punishments tend to backfire both long and short term. Many of the strategies for helping raise kids than fall within the realm of reasoning with them and utilizing playful ways to elicit obedience (ie trouble putting clothes on in the morning? The sock monster wants to eat your feet). I’m not an academic so struggle to read firsthand accounts of research, so unclear if research I reference above is stout. Have you encountered alternate theories to parenting such as ones I suggested above which seek to minimize punishments and rewards? Do you have thoughts on them? The season I’m in is a stay at home father of 3, all under 5. Many of my first engagements with these ideas come from Alfie Kohn.

What took you so long to create premium subscription?

I find that having an ad-supported podcast contradicts some point you're making on it. You're essentially relying on some company (marketing team, ad agency) throwing enough money on your podcast wall so that some (I'd expect, small) percentage of it sticks in the form of CTR. I find this very wasteful, and I'm happy that now I can opt out of participation in this and support the podcast more or less directly. Do you think it would be possible to make the free version of this podcast free with enough direct support from the listeners?

How can one become honest with themself?

I find my self listless and aimless, I've heard that you should ask yourself what you really want from life in order to find a meaning / purpose though I haven't been able to coax a response from myself other than an end. If that was true I wouldn't be here so I know there is something holding me here though I can't seem to see it. What method / tool would you suggest to help clear the fog?