It didn't take me very long to realize that the Author doesn't have any 'magic beans' for sale.Ībout 1/2 way through this book I realized it actually has the perfect title. Some years later I found myself buying my own copy. One of the recurring ironies of my life is that the older I get, the more I realize I don't know. At the time I happened to be a reliable authority on pretty much everything there was to know about everything. The first time I came across this book I made the age-old mistake of judging it by it's cover- at first glance the title sounded. in the lyrics of 70's honky-tonk musician Tom T Hall: 'faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money' (Couldn't have said it better myself). This is an incredibly honest, unvarnished, empathetic book, highly recommended for anyone that has a nagging suspicion that there might be something more meaningful to life than the endless pursuit of those perennial touchstones of the American Dream- class, status, and prestige, along with the shiny material baubles (big houses, German cars, trophy spouses, insert your aspirational obscur objet du désir here) that accompany them. Since the author does not purport to answer the question 'What Should I Do With My Life?' definitively, he does the next best thing - he offers up dozens of stories about how other people came to answer this question for themselves, in the hope that other peoples experiences might be instructive to the rest of us. The tough-love moral of all of the stories in this book is that the road to a passion-filled life is not clearly defined, and more often than not it isn't a road at all - more like a faintly defined path obscured on all sides by tall weeds. Instead, this is a collection of vignettes about average normal people from all sorts of walks of life in search of a happier, more meaningful existence. You won't find any easy-bake recipes guaranteeing self-actualization or happiness- Po Bronson pulls no punches and makes no pretense in that regard. It doesn't purport to have empirical answers to all of the existential dilemmas in your life. This book does not offer 12 steps for finding your one true way.

Make no mistake- this is not a self help book, in the conventional sense. An inspirational book that has the power to change lives- and happens to have a really bad title. You won't find any easy-bake recipes guar Po Bronson's What Should I Do With My Life? speaks to the almost universal dream of finding one's true, life-affirming passion. Po Bronson's What Should I Do With My Life? speaks to the almost universal dream of finding one's true, life-affirming passion. For this edition, Bronson has added nine new profiles, to further reflect the range and diversity of those who broke away from the chorus to learn the sound of their own voice.įrom the Trade Paperback edition.more What Should I Do with My Life? struck a powerful, resonant chord on publication, causing a multitude of people to rethink their vocations and priorities and start on the path to finding their true place in the world. With humor, empathy, and insight, Bronson writes of remarkable individuals-from young to old, from those just starting out to those in a second career-who have overcome fear and confusion to find a larger truth about their lives and, in doing so, have been transformed by the experience. With humor, empathy, and insight, Bronson writes of remarkable individuals-from young to old, from those just starting out to those in a second career-who have overcome fear and confusion to find a larger truth about In What Should I Do with My Life? Po Bronson tells the inspirational true stories of people who have found the most meaningful answers to that great question.

In What Should I Do with My Life? Po Bronson tells the inspirational true stories of people who have found the most meaningful answers to that great question.

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