What Work Should Be

What Work Should Be

The Third Mountain Theory

Wanna come hiking?

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Bree Groff
Jul 29, 2026
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Over the last four days I’ve spent 13 hours learning West Coast Swing Dancing. I think it could be my Third Mountain.

If you don’t know the David Brooks 2019 book The Second Mountain, he argues that most people spend their lives climbing one mountain: the mountain of traditional success. It’s money, power, prestige, individual fulfillment. All well and g…

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