Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom
Albom's account of Tuesday visits to his dying former professor, who talks about love, work, aging, forgiveness and death. It is short, sentimental and widely loved, and it asks the question most success books avoid: what will matter at the end. Read it slowly, perhaps with someone.
Read it if…
you are busy succeeding and have not thought about the end in a while.
Skip it if…
you dislike sentiment; the book is unashamedly tender.
Three things you will actually use
- Give to others; it is where meaning lives.
- Forgive yourself, then forgive others.
- Live as if you know you are dying, because you do.
Do this first
Call the mentor or elder you have been meaning to call.
Our verdict
Simple and moving; a perspective reset in an evening.
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