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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."
Mar 10, 2015 · 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.
Sep 13, 2016 · 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.
Sep 6, 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.
THE ROAD TO CHARACTER examines the lives of some of history’s greatest thinkers and leaders. Each example that he provides illustrates different ways in which one can get on the path towards achieving great character:
The Road to Character is an essential read in its entirety—Anne Lamott with a harder edge of moral philosophy, Seneca with a softer edge of spiritual sensitivity, E. F. Schumacher for perplexed moderns.” —Maria Popova, Brain Pickings. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on ...
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Apr 14, 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...
Apr 20, 2015 · In “The Road to Character,” Brooks begins with a sweeping overview of the non-intersecting worlds of moral logic and economic logic, as he has it, dividing us into an “Adam I,” who seeks...
THE ROAD TO CHARACTER examines the lives of some of history’s greatest thinkers and leaders. Each example that he provides illustrates different ways in which one can get on the path towards achieving great character:
Sep 13, 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.
