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Mar 10, 2015 · The Road to Character is a nonfiction book by David Brooks that explores the deeper values and principles that should inform our lives. It features biographies of some of the world's greatest thinkers and leaders who built a strong inner character through internal struggle and self-restraint.
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A book by journalist David Brooks on morality, ethics and humility, based on his Yale course and biographical sketches of influential figures. He argues that we should cultivate the "eulogy virtues" rather than the "résumé virtues" to have a serene inner character.
Sep 13, 2016 · The Road to Character is a bestselling book by David Brooks that explores how to build a strong inner character based on humility, self-restraint, and moral depth. It draws on psychology, politics, spirituality, and biographies of inspiring leaders and thinkers.
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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?"
Apr 14, 2015 · A New York Times bestseller that explores how to build a strong inner character through self-examination, struggle, and humility. Drawing on psychology, politics, spirituality, and biography, Brooks shows how some of the world's greatest thinkers and leaders have achieved moral depth and joy.
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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Apr 14, 2015 · “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.
