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Books by David Brooks mentioned on podcasts

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5 books across 17 episodes on 12 podcasts.

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  1. The Second Mountain

    10 mentions · ChooseFI, My First Million, The Daily Stoic

    The Second Mountain by David Brooks is a widely read exploration of personal growth, moral transitions, and the shift from individual ambition to a life of communal commitment and deeper purpose.

    Recommended
    “Another one's called Second Mountain by David Brooks.”
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  2. The Road to Character

    5 mentions · The Daily Stoic, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, Huberman Lab

    The Road to Character by David Brooks is a bestselling cultural and philosophical exploration examining the modern obsession with external achievement at the expense of inner moral worth.

    Recommended
    “have you read the road to character by David Brooks he says like there's two basically courses in life you can be building a resume or you can be building a eulogy and I think what happens is if you're if you're not thinking about the end you're just stacking up uh resume values”
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  3. Bobos in Paradise

    1 mention · EconTalk

    Discussed
    “Um, yeah, I I can came up with the term in the sort of the Bobo versus anti-Bobo axis. And that Bobo refers to a 20-year-old book by David Brooks called Bobos in Paradise. And Bobo stands for Bohemian Bourgeois.”
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  4. How to Know a Person

    1 mention · Modern Wisdom

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