The road to character / David Brooks
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TextEdition: Random House Trade paperback editionDescription: xvii, 300 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 0812983416; 9780812983418Subject(s): Character | Virtues | HumilityLOC classification: BF818 | .B764 2016
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Summary: Responding to what he calls the culture of the Big Me, which emphasizes external success, Brooks challenges us, and himself, to rebalance the scales between our "résumé virtues"--Achieving wealth, fame, and status -- and our "eulogy virtues," those that exist at the core of our being: kindness, bravery, honesty, or faithfulness, focusing on what kind of relationships we have formed. 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
The shift -- The summoned self -- Self-conquest -- Struggle -- Self-mastery -- Dignity -- Love -- Ordered love -- Self-examination -- The big me
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 158/BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500067546 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-284) and index
The shift -- The summoned self -- Self-conquest -- Struggle -- Self-mastery -- Dignity -- Love -- Ordered love -- Self-examination -- The big me
Responding to what he calls the culture of the Big Me, which emphasizes external success, Brooks challenges us, and himself, to rebalance the scales between our "résumé virtues"--Achieving wealth, fame, and status -- and our "eulogy virtues," those that exist at the core of our being: kindness, bravery, honesty, or faithfulness, focusing on what kind of relationships we have formed. 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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