The Second Mountain : The Quest for a Moral Life, David Brooks

The Second Mountain : The Quest for a Moral Life, David BrooksNew Paperback Are you on your first or second mountain? Is life about you or others? About success or something deeper? The world tells us that we should pursue our self interest: career wins, high status, nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want the things that are truly worth wanting. This is the second mountain. What

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