Why do high-achieving young people often suffer anxiety and depression? Arthur Brooks, who teaches at Harvard’s Kennedy School and business school, says many of them are searching for meaning in their lives.
His new book, “The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness,” is a how-to for those who are searching for purpose.
Book excerpt: ‘The Meaning of Your Life’
By Arthur Brooks
From “The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness” by Arthur C. Brooks, published by Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Copyright (c) 2026 by ACB Ideas LLC.
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