CREATING THE GOOD LIFE: Applying Aristotle's Wisdom to Find Meaning and Happiness
James O'Toole, , foreword by Walter Isaacson. . Rodale, $24.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-1-59486-125-3
To adopt O'Toole's own categories, this is a self-help book not for the many but for the rest of us—those willing to expend intellectual and emotional discipline in planning a life to fulfill one's potential: the true source of happiness, according to the author.
O'Toole, a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute and author of more than a dozen books, confesses to having hungered in vain after literary stardom. Prompted by this disappointment to reconsider his life path, O'Toole began to ponder the relationship between happiness and success, and in this chatty, stimulating and at times gossipy self-help guide for professionals and business people, he shares his findings. Turning to Aristotle's
Reviewed on: 04/11/2005
Genre: Nonfiction