false 163365 13 In <I>What Should I Do with My Life?</I> Po Bronson manages to create a career book that is a page-turner. His 50 vivid profiles of people searching for "their soft spot--their true calling" will engage readers because Bronson is asking himself the same question. He explores his premise, that "nothing is braver than people facing up to their own identity," as an anthropologist and autobiographer. He tackles thorny, nuanced issues about self-determination. Among them: paradoxes of money and meaning, authorship and destiny, brain candy and novelty versus soul food. Bronson's stories, limited to professional people and complete with photos, are gems. They include a Los Angeles lawyer who became a priest, a Harvard MBA catfish farmer turned biotech executive, and a Silicon Valley real estate agent who opened a leather crafts factory in Costa Rica.<p> Bronson is a gifted intuitive writer, the bestselling author of <I>The Nudist on the Late Shift</I>, whose thoughtful, vulnerable voice emerges as the book's greatest strength and challenge. He describes his subject's lives along with the ways they annoy, puzzle, and worry him. He frets about meddling with his questions, yet once, memorably and appropriately, he offers a talented man a top post in his publishing company. While this creates the juiciness of his portraits, it also can make Bronson the book's most memorable character and the only one whose story is not resolved. Even so, this remarkable career chronicle sets the gold standard for the worth of the examined life. <I>--Barbara Mackoff</I> 825588 2002 What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question total:1108|5:219|4:396|3:360|2:110|1:23| 1108 4002 1656 221 3 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 11:09:27 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 21:33:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Dec 28 08:19:17 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 28 08:22:38 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:55:24 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 18:26:30 -0700 2009 Po Bronson's What Should I Do with My Life? aims to answer that question. But rather than give a clean-cut definition to fit the masses, Bronson chooses to deliver his inspiration in the form of motivational stories, stories of people who have tried or are trying to figure out what they should do wi...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 26 20:35:52 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 03 19:19:50 -0700 2009
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I found Po Bronson's writings to be insightful and touching, inspiring and a catalyst for change, motivating and approachable. BUT I didn't find it very realistic. BUT w...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 09 19:59:28 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 20:18:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Jul 11 04:29:53 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 06:45:17 -0700 2007
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