#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful Life in a self-centered world.
The path to repair is through making deeper comm.
We have taken individualism to the extreme--and in the process we have torn the social fabric in a thousand different ways.
We live in a society, Brooks argues, that celebrates freedom, that tells us to be true to ourselves, at the expense of surrendering to a cause, rooting ourselves in a neighborhood, binding ourselves to others by social solidarity and love.
But it\'s also a provocative social commentary.
In short, this book is meant to help us all lead more meaningful lives.
He gathers their wisdom on how to choose a partner, how to pick a vocation, how to live out a philosophy, and how we can begin to integrate our commitments into one overriding purpose.
Brooks looks at a range of people who have lived joyous, committed lives, and who have embraced the necessity and beauty of dependence.
Our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments.
In The Second Mountain, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a Life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community.
They surrender to a Life of commitment.
They embrace a Life of interdependence, not independence.
They want the things that are truly worth wanting, not the things other people tell them to want.
On the Second mountain, Life moves from self-centered to other-centered.
And so they embark on a new journey.
There\'s another, bigger mountain out there that is actually my mountain.
They realize: This wasn\'t my mountain after all. unsatisfying. . .
They look around and find the view .
But when they get to the top of that mountain, something happens.
Their goals on this first mountain are the ones our culture endorses: to be a success, to make your mark, to experience personal happiness.
They get out of school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the mountain they thought they were meant to climb.
Life, for these people, has often followed what we might think of as a two-mountain shape.
Deeply moving, frequently eloquent and extraordinarily incisive.--The Washington Post Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy--who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner light. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful Life in a self-centered world
