The Work: Searching for a Life That Matters

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The acclaimed author of The Other Wes Moore and
governor of Maryland continues his inspirational quest for a meaningful life
and shares the powerful lessons—about self-discovery, service, and risk-
taking—that led him to a new definition of success for our times. “This book
is about how to make our journeys not just about surviving and succeeding, but
about coming truly alive.”—Arianna Huffington The Work is the story of how one
young man traced a path through the world to find his life’s purpose. Wes
Moore graduated from a difficult childhood in the Bronx and Baltimore to an
adult life that would find him at some of the most critical moments in our
recent history: as a combat officer in Afghanistan; a White House fellow in a
time of wars abroad and disasters at home; and a Wall Street banker during the
financial crisis. In this insightful book, Moore shares the lessons he learned
from people he met along the way—from the brave Afghan translator who taught
him to find his fight, to the resilient young students in Katrina-ravaged
Mississippi who showed him the true meaning of grit, to his late grandfather,
who taught him to find grace in service. Moore also tells the stories of other
twenty-first-century change-makers who’ve inspired him in his search, from
Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND, to Esther Benjamin, a Sri Lankan
immigrant who rose to help lead the Peace Corps. What their lives—and his own
misadventures and moments of illumination—reveal is that our truest work
happens when we serve others, at the intersection between our gifts and our
broken world. That’s where we find the work that lasts. An intimate narrative
about finding meaning in a volatile age, The Work will inspire readers to see
how we can each find our own path to purpose and help create a better world.
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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ One World; Reprint edition (July 21, 2015)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 081298384X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 45
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.6 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.2 x 0.7 x 7.95 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #93,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #375 in Black & African American Biographies #1,931 in Motivational Self-Help (Books) #2,652 in Memoirs (Books)
• #375 in Black & African American Biographies
• #1,931 in Motivational Self-Help (Books)