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荣登2015年《纽约时报》畅销书榜单的心灵之书!
分类:通用技能
国别:美国
作者:戴维·布鲁克斯
播音:冯雷(专业版);George(英文版)
关于本书
戴维·布鲁克斯,《纽约时报》专栏作家,美国公共广播公司(PBS)“新闻时间”和美国国家广播公司(NBC)“与媒体人会见”常驻嘉宾。目前,布鲁克斯已经出版了多本全国性畅销书,包括《社会动物:爱、性格和成就的潜在根源》。
《性格之路》一书讲述了重名利、财富的社会风气,是如何湮没了人的道德情操和内心挣扎。而本书将向你展示,如何才能重新获得善良、勇敢、诚实和感恩这些优良品质。
New York Times columnist David Brooks is also a regular guest on PBS’s NewsHour and NBC’s Meet the Press. He has written many national best-selling books, including The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement.
The Road to Character (2015) explains how society’s focus on fame, wealth and status eclipses moral virtues and internal struggles. These blinks will show you how to reclaim qualities such as kindness, bravery, honesty and commitment.
本书金句
1.我们花太多时间准备“简历上的美德”,试图凭借成就击败他人;却花太少时间积累“悼词中的美德”,而正是这种性格力量才能让我们被人铭记。
2.我并不确定我是否能踏上这条性格塑造之路,但我至少知道路的样子,以及别人在这条路上是如何行走的。
小节标题1. 这本书将教会你如何摆脱自我的种种困扰
(What’s in it for me? Learn how society can rid itself from its obsession with the self)
2.现代社会都注重“自我”,但过去的我们可并不是这样
(Today’s society values the “me” ,But this wasn’t always so)
3.社会的焦点已经从谦卑内敛转移到一己私欲
(Society has made a shift, from a focus on humility and reservedness to a focus on individual desire)
4.能带来真正的快乐感和满足感的价值体系已经荡然无存
(Modern society has lost its connection to the moral values that lead to true joy and satisfaction)
5.漫长的性格塑造之路让我们懂得:每个人都不是完美的
(The long road to character begins with understanding that all humans are flawed creatures)
6.只有从骄傲中解脱,你才能迈向性格塑造之路
(Only by freeing yourself from pride can you walk the road to character)
7.在表达自我的时候,多检验自己的内心想法
(Examine your thoughts before expressing yourself)
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