‘Good idea’ to have a ‘vision’: Dr Jordan Peterson

Clinical psychologist and public intellectual Dr Jordan Peterson says there are “any number of reasons” to have New Year’s resolutions and he thinks it’s a good idea to have a vision. Dr Peterson said the idea of a New Year's resolution is a very “ancient” one and it can be traced all the way back to ancient Mesopotamia. “So it's the death of the old. That's the old year, often symbolised by an old man, and then the birth of something new. And you see a conjunction between that and the Christmas celebration as well,” he told Sky News Australia host Piers Morgan. “And so when you have the opportunity to start again, you can start fresh – you can lay a new vision on the world. “And that's how we cope with the world, is by laying a vision on it, consciously or unconsciously. Better to do it consciously – so there's any number of reasons for New Year's resolutions.”