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Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference

byRutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman challenges ambitious people to measure success by the social value of their work rather than status, income, or prestige. Combining moral argument with stories of people who redirected their careers toward urgent problems, he asks readers to treat talent as a resource carrying real responsibility. The book examines the excuses that keep people in comfortable but less consequential paths and offers guidance for choosing causes, testing where one can contribute, and sustaining commitment. Bregman's case is intentionally demanding: a meaningful life requires more than good intentions—it requires turning conviction into effective action.

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Publication date

2025

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780316580359