DEBUTED AT NO.1 ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LISTNO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SOCIAL ANIMALAre you on your first or second mountain Is life about you or others About success or something deeper The world tells us that we should pursue our selfinterest career wins high status nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that were not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want the things that are truly worth wanting.This is the second mountain. What does it mean to look beyond yourself and find a moral cause To forget about independence and discover dependence to be utterly enmeshed in a web of warm relationships What does it mean to value intimacy devotion responsibility and commitment above individual freedom In The Second Mountain David Brooks explores the meaning and possibilities that scaling a second mountain offer us and the four commitments that most commonly move us there family vocation philosophy and community. Inspiring personal and full of joy this book will help you discover why you were really put on this earth.