I’ll elaborate a bit on the title. I’d like a book that will help me understand how to be a person who is respected, honorable, and leads a fulfilling life. I know this will largely depend on me as a person to determine what makes life fulfilling, but I’m hoping this book can maybe act as a springboard to help me identify some weaknesses I may have today, and start working towards betting myself based on that analysis.
I’m not sure if this would be best illustrated through a biography of a great person, or through some sort of philosophical text.
For context, I’ve read some books on Stoicism, and while I find things like meditations or other books that largely draw from those texts to be helpful, they haven’t gripped me. Specifically, I feel I can’t action on many of the lessons they teach because in many cases it almost seems like a long laundry list of lessons, tips, best practices, etc. and I can’t digest each one long enough to incorporate it into my life becuase the text moves on to the next lesson or teaching. Hopefully, that makes sense.
by dragunight