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Character By Choice: Letters on Goodness, Courage, and Becoming Better on Purpose
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June 21, 2024
This book is part memoir, part moral philosophy, part self-help. Neil takes you on a journey as he explores his own path to understanding how to develop character outside of religion in today’s world. For highest impact, this book should be read one chapter at a time, with time between for reflection. Whether you’re on your own journey to goodness or trying to help parent a child, this is a provocative read!
March 1, 2024
Some books you read for an escape, some out of sheer curiosity, some because they belong to the canon, some because you were made to, some for sheer joy.
And there are some that you pick up and end up craving ‘me’ time because you need to think and evaluate your life and yourself (and I mean that in the best possible way). This book is one such book and it’s not didactic, the author takes you on this journey and trust me when I say it becomes your journey as well. You want to be that parent he is striving to be and praying for the same concerns as he prays for his sons.
It’s insightful, thoughtful, comes from a person who is dedicated to clearly doing the right thing not because it is the right thing but it is his ‘dharma’ or spiritual path. And that is what I really liked about it. He isn’t propagating religion or idealism or anything that you can pinpoint as a ‘ism’
He is a dad who clearly is so concerned about the way his sons should learn and see the world and also know that yes, there are some choices which can create better human beings which may not necessarily give us more power but definitely peace and beauty.
This book excites me because I can’t wait for my little one to read it. One day I will hand it to him proudly. You can see the sincerity in the words and the language flows so smooth. The author questions a lot , evaluates himself so honestly and adds snippets from his life that left me thinking it was such a brave move to write this out. Incredible effort and moving words.
I like his reading lists (Tagore is my absolute favourite, Gitanjali is for the soul, and Ghare Baire is a book every political student should read, more on that later) and as he so eloquently quotes in the beginning - Neil Tambe is clearly one of the awake ones.
And there are some that you pick up and end up craving ‘me’ time because you need to think and evaluate your life and yourself (and I mean that in the best possible way). This book is one such book and it’s not didactic, the author takes you on this journey and trust me when I say it becomes your journey as well. You want to be that parent he is striving to be and praying for the same concerns as he prays for his sons.
It’s insightful, thoughtful, comes from a person who is dedicated to clearly doing the right thing not because it is the right thing but it is his ‘dharma’ or spiritual path. And that is what I really liked about it. He isn’t propagating religion or idealism or anything that you can pinpoint as a ‘ism’
He is a dad who clearly is so concerned about the way his sons should learn and see the world and also know that yes, there are some choices which can create better human beings which may not necessarily give us more power but definitely peace and beauty.
This book excites me because I can’t wait for my little one to read it. One day I will hand it to him proudly. You can see the sincerity in the words and the language flows so smooth. The author questions a lot , evaluates himself so honestly and adds snippets from his life that left me thinking it was such a brave move to write this out. Incredible effort and moving words.
I like his reading lists (Tagore is my absolute favourite, Gitanjali is for the soul, and Ghare Baire is a book every political student should read, more on that later) and as he so eloquently quotes in the beginning - Neil Tambe is clearly one of the awake ones.
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