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The work [electronic resource] : my search for a life that matters / Wes Moore.

by Moore, Wes, 1978-

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New York : Books on Tape, 2015.

Moore, Wes, 1978-

Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Career in the military.

Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Career in finance.

Moore, Wes, 1978- -- Career in television broadcasting.

African American men -- Biography.

Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography.

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The acclaimed author of The Other Wes Moore continues his inspirational quest for a meaningful life and shares the powerful lessons--about self-discovery, service, and risk-taking--that led him to a new definition of success for our times. The Work is the story of how one young man traced a path through the world to find the work he was meant to do. Wes Moore graduated from a difficult childhood in the Bronx and Baltimore to a young-adult life that brought him to some of the most fascinating places on the globe at some of the most critical moments in our recent history: He was an American at Oxford in the wake of 9/11, a combat officer in Afghanistan, a White House fellow during the Bush administration, a Wall Street banker during the financial crisis. Here he shares the lessons he learned from people he met along the way--from the brave Afghan translator who taught him to find his fight and the resilient young students in Katrina-ravaged Mississippi who showed him the true meaning of grit, to his late grandfather, who taught him to find grace in service. Moore also tells the stories of other twenty-first-century change-makers who've inspired him in his search, from Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of KIND, to Esther Benjamin, a Sri Lankan immigrant who rose to lead the Peace Corps. What their lives--and his own misadventures and moments of illumination--reveal is that our truest work happens when we serve others, at the intersection between our gifts and our broken world. That's where we find the work that lasts. An intimate narrative about finding meaning in a volatile age, The Work will inspire readers to see how we can each find our own path to purpose and help create a better world. From the Hardcover edition.

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