The work : my search for a life that matters / Wes Moore.
Moore, Wes, 1978-
2014
F189.B153 M67 2014 (Mapit)
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Title The work : my search for a life that matters / Wes Moore.
Author Moore, Wes, 1978-
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780812993578 hardcover alkaline paper
0812993578 hardcover alkaline paper
9780679646013
0679646019
Published New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2014]
Language English
Description xxi, 248 pages ; 22 cm
Call Number F189.B153 M67 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification 975.2/6043092 B
Summary "Wes Moore's remarkable bestseller The Other Wes Moore ends when Wes completes his journey from a fatherless delinquent to college graduate and heads off to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. But what happens next? Next, he had to figure out the answer to the question: What is your work? More than finding a job, he had to find the work he was meant to do. For the next decade, Wes traced a path through some of the most fascinating and high-pressure workspaces in the world: an American student at Oxford after 9/11; a combat officer in Afghanistan during the most intense years of fighting; a White House fellow during the tumult of the late Bush years; an Obama organizer during that historic campaign; a Wall Street banker at the cusp of the financial crisis; and finally, back home to Baltimore, working to revitalize that troubled city. This is the story of how one young man traced a path through the world to discover the meaning of his life -- and how after a series of misdirections and lesson-teaching mistakes, he found that meaning in service. Wes weaves the episodes and moments of decision in his own life with those of a dozen other changemakers from every walk of life who confronted the question "what is my work?" and found their own answers, to help readers see how we can each find our own path to purpose and to creating a better world"-- Provided by publisher.
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Work to do
The lesson of the student: come to learn, leave to lead
The worker #1: The outsider
The lesson of the professional: the wisdom of quitting
The worker #2: The believer
The lesson of the soldier: finding your fight
The worker #3: The healers
The lesson of the public servant: the work of the people, by the people, for the people
The worker #4: The globalist
The lesson of the risk taker: the gamble of doing nothing
The worker #5: the risk taker
The lesson of the worker: granting yourself permission
The worker #6: the mentor
The lesson of the family: remember to live
Appendix: Doing the work.

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