{"product_id":"2940169063851","title":"The Road to Character","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER ¿ David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success¿¿résumé virtues¿¿and our core principles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE ECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In \u003ci\u003eThe Social Animal\u003c\/i\u003e, he explored the neuroscience of human connection and how we can flourish together. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Character\u003c\/i\u003e, he focuses on the deeper values that should inform our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking to some of the world¿s greatest thinkers and inspiring leaders, Brooks explores how, through internal struggle and a sense of their own limitations, they have built a strong inner character. Labor activist Frances Perkins understood the need to suppress parts of herself so that she could be an instrument in a larger cause. Dwight Eisenhower organized his life not around impulsive self-expression but considered self-restraint. Dorothy Day, a devout Catholic convert and champion of the poor, learned as a young woman the vocabulary of simplicity and surrender. Civil rights pioneers A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin learned reticence and the logic of self-discipline, the need to distrust oneself even while waging a noble crusade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending psychology, politics, spirituality, and confessional, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Character\u003c\/i\u003e provides an opportunity for us to rethink our priorities, and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿Joy,¿ David Brooks writes, ¿is a byproduct experienced by people who are aiming for something else. But it comes.¿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100281487600,"sku":"2940169063851","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169063851_p0.jpg?v=1763759199","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169063851","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}