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BOOK

Build yourself

Are you striving for "resume virtues"－the skills that can potentially empower your future studies or career? Well, according to The New York Times columnist David Brooks you should slow down, as there is a different approach that might potentially get you even further.

With his recent book The Road to Character, he's sparked a conversation about building stronger inner characteristics such as kindness, bravery and honesty, which are important to forming genuine interpersonal relationships and inspiring self-gratification.

This book can be your springboard to maturity, and it can potentially offer you a road map for your personality-building endeavors.