The Road to Character

This book by David Brooks was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Andrew Huberman. The people who vouched for it on air: Andrew Huberman. It comes up in conversations about brain health, exercise & strength, longevity & aging. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

New York Times columnist David Brooks examines the deeper values that should inform our lives. Responding to what he calls the culture of the Big Me, which emphasizes external success, Brooks challenges us, and himself, to rebalance the scales between our "resume virtues" -- achieving wealth, fame, and status -- and our "eulogy virtues," those that exist at the core of our being: kindness, bravery, honesty, or faithfulness, focusing on what kind of relationships we have formed.

• “you recommended the road to character to me I do an annual solo Wilderness trip and I listen to it... it's a truly important book for everyone to listen to”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's a truly important book for everyone to listen to”
  Andrew Huberman · Huberman Lab · Mar 202302:56:09

  Said during "Improve Vitality, Emotional & Physical Health & Lifespan | Dr. Peter Attia". The episode features Dr. Peter Attia: Physician trained at Stanford, Johns Hopkins and the NIH, and a leading expert on healthspan, vitality and longevity. Author of the book Outlive and host of his own health podcast. Longevity physician Peter Attia walks Andrew Huberman through the major causes of death and the levers to extend both lifespan and emotional health.