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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 "rڳesumڳe 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...
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In which the author argues that our society celebrates individual freedom, but has expectations of conformity, especially with regard to recognition of achieving success. Yet there are many who summit that first mountain, achieve that recognized success, and find it hollow, because it was based on fulfilling someone else's expectations. The second mountain is the one they climb for themselves, to embrace a life of meaning, purpose and commitment:...
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