The Second Mountain
David Brooks on the commitments that follow the first climb of career and status
David Brooks's 2019 book on what comes after the first mountain of career and status: a second climb organized around commitments to a vocation, a spouse and family, a philosophy or faith, and a community. Part argument, part memoir, it is often read as a companion to his earlier The Road to Character. Couples and reading groups tend to take it a chapter at a time.
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The book he and Deb were reading aloud each morning at the time of the interview. Five minutes was often enough. Whatever one of them had been worrying about overnight would surface.
Source: The Tim Ferriss Show #444 transcript
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