The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life

by David Brooks

Book Overview

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world. "Deeply moving, frequently eloquent and extraordinarily incisive."--The Washington Post Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy--who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812993268
• ISBN13: 9780812993264
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

This isn't it.

I found out about this book from another author I follow, Mark Manson, who is in the self-help/life advice realm. I gave it a shot and I didn't love it, but it wasn't the worst thing either. However, I would not recommend this book to anyone. The author only used anecdotes to support his ideas, and in the religion section he sounded like a zealot to me and it started to feel weird. If you're looking at this book, I recommend picking up The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*uck instead.