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10 de mar. de 2015 · A book review and discussion forum for The Road to Character, a nonfiction bestseller by David Brooks that explores the deeper values and inner character of some of the world's greatest thinkers and leaders. Learn how they balanced external success and moral depth, and how you can do the same.
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The Road to Character is the fourth book written by journalist David Brooks. Brooks taught an undergraduate course at Yale University for three years during the 2010s on humility, the subject of this book. Published in 2015, the author says, "I wrote it, to be honest, to save my own soul."
13 de set. de 2016 · Now, in The Road to Character, he focuses on the deeper values that should inform our lives. Looking to some of the world’s greatest thinkers and inspiring leaders, Brooks explores how, through internal struggle and a sense of their own limitations, they have built a strong inner character.
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David Brooks explores how to live a life of depth and meaning over success and achievement, drawing on the examples of historical figures who built strong inner character. He challenges us to rebalance our "resumé virtues" and "eulogy virtues", and to ask ourselves "Am I living for my résumé or my eulogy?"
Blending psychology, politics, spirituality, and confessional, The Road to Character provides an opportunity for us to rethink our priorities, and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth.
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14 de abr. de 2015 · Looking to some of the world’s greatest thinkers and inspiring leaders, Brooks explores how, through internal struggle and a sense of their own limitations, they have built a strong inner...
6 de set. de 2016 · “The Road to Character” is a “road less traveled.” It involves moments of moral crisis, confrontation, and recovery. To go up, one first has to go down (The “U Curve”); one must descend into the valley of humility to climb to the heights of character.
