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The Second Mountain

David Brooks ISBN 9780812983425

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This book by David Brooks came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Aryeh Bourkoff. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

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David Brooks is one of the nation’s leading writers and commentators. He is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, a writer for The Atlantic, and appears regularly on PBS Newshour. He is the bestselling author of The Second Mountain, The Road to Character, The Social Animal, Bobos in Paradise, and On Paradise Drive. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world.

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“It's a really interesting book”
“another book I would say is David Brooks' The Second Mountain. It's a really interesting book.”— Aryeh Bourkoff

The guest here is Aryeh Bourkoff: Chairman and CEO of LionTree, an independent investment and merchant bank; founder of Kindred Media; former vice chairman and head of Americas Investment Banking at UBS, and a seven-time top-ranked cable and satellite analyst. LionTree founder Aryeh Bourkoff on becoming media's hottest dealmaker, negotiation, time mastery, and where podcasting is headed.

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