By any standard, I'd made it. I had the career, the money, the house, and the holidays to places that looked great on a postcard. But I could never fully exhale, much less sit still on a beach.

For What It's Worth: In Search of a Good Life is about what happens when the "perfect" life stops working. It offers an alternative built around traits such as belief, courage, integrity, and perseverance. And ultimately argues that the contentment most of us seek is found not in achievement, but in purpose.