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the second mountain david brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose to a spouse and family to a vocation to a philosophy or faith and to a community our personal fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute these commitments in the second mountain brooks looks at a range of people who have lived joyous committed lives and who have embraced the necessity of dependence he gathers their wisdom on how to choose a partner how to pick a vocation how to live out a philosophy and how we can begin to integrate our commitments into one overriding purpose in short this book is meant to help us all lead more meaningful lives but it s also a provocative social commentary we live in a society brooks argues that celebrates freedom that tells us to be true to ourselves at the expense of surrendering to a cause rooting ourselves in a neighborhood binding ourselves to others by social solidarity and love we have taken individualism to the extreme and in the process we have torn the social fabric in a thousand different ways the path to repair is through making deeper commitments in the second mountain brooks shows what can happen when we put commitment making at the center of our lives
Author : David Brooks
