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David Brooks - Op-ed columnist
Writer and thinker David Brooks has covered business, crime and politics over a long career in journalism.

Why you should listen

David Brooks became an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times in September 2003. He is currently a commentator on "The PBS Newshour," NPR’s "All Things Considered" and NBC's "Meet the Press."

He is the author of Bobos in Paradise and The Social Animal. In April 2015, he released with his fourth book, The Road to Character, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller.

Brooks also teaches at Yale University, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Born on August 11, 1961 in Toronto, Canada, Brooks graduated a bachelor of history from the University of Chicago in 1983. He became a police reporter for the City News Bureau, a wire service owned jointly by the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times.

He worked at The Washington Times and then The Wall Street Journal for nine years. His last post at the Journal was as Op-ed Editor. Prior to that, he was posted in Brussels, covering Russia, the Middle East, South Africa and European affairs. His first post at the Journal was as editor of the book review section, and he filled in as the Journal's movie critic.

He also served as a senior editor at The Weekly Standard for 9 years, as well as contributing editor for The Atlantic and Newsweek.

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David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?

David Brooks: Trebate li da živite za svoju biografiju... ili hvalospjev?

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U svom kratkom, meditativnom govoru, David Brooks predlaže da unutar nas postoje dvije strane: prva strana koja žudi za uspjehom, gradi svoju biografiju i druga koja traži povezanost, zajednicu, ljubav - vrijednosti koje sačinjavaju odličan hvalospjev. (Joseph Soloveitchik ih je nazvao "Adam I" i "Adam II".) Brooks se pita: Možemo mi napraviti ravnotežu između ove dvije strane?
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Razmišljao sam o razlikama između
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So I've been thinkingrazmišljanje about the differencerazlika betweenizmeđu
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the résumsumaé virtuesvrline and
the eulogygovor virtuesvrline.
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vrlina biografije i vrlina hvalospjeva.
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The résumsumaé virtuesvrline are the
onesone you put on your résumsumaé,
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Vrlinet biografije su one
koje savljamo u našu biografiju,
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whichšto are the skillsvještine
you bringdonijeti to the marketplacetržište.
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a to su vještine
koje donosimo na tržište rada.
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The eulogygovor virtuesvrline are the onesone
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Vrline hvalospjeva su one
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that get mentionedpomenuto in the eulogygovor,
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koje su spomenute u hvalospjevu,
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whichšto are deeperdublje: who are you,
in your depthdubina,
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a one su dublje: ko ste vi u dubini,
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what is the naturepriroda of your relationshipsveze,
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koja je priroda vaših odnosa,
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are you boldbold, lovingljubavi, dependablepouzdan, consistencydoslednost?
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da li ste ćelavi, nježni,
pouzdani, dosljedni?
Većina, uključujući i mene, bi rekla
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And mostnajviše of us, includinguključujući
me, would say
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that the eulogygovor virtuesvrline are the
more importantbitan of the virtuesvrline.
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da su vrline hvalospjeva
najvažnije od svih vrlina.
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But at leastnajmanje in my caseslučaj,
are they the onesone that
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Ali barem u mom slučaju,
da li o njima najviše razmišljam?
Odgovor je ne.
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I think about the mostnajviše?
And the answerodgovor is no.
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So I've been thinkingrazmišljanje about that problemproblem,
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Razmišljao sam o tom problemu,
a mislioc koji mi je
pomogao da razmišljam o tome
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and a thinkermislilac who has
helpedpomogao me think about it
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is a guy namedimenovan JosephJosip SoloveitchikSoloveitchik, who was a rabbirabin
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je Joseph Soloveitchik, rabin
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who wrotenapisao je a bookknjiga calledpozvana "The
LonelyUsamljeni Man Of FaithVjera" in 1965.
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koji je napisao knjigu
"Usamljeni čovjek od vjere" 1965. godine.
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SoloveitchikSoloveitchik said there are two sidesstrane of our naturesnaravi,
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Soloveitchik je rekao
da postoje dvije strane naše prirode,
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whichšto he calledpozvana AdamAdam I
and AdamAdam IIII.
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koje je on nazvao Adam I i Adam II.
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AdamAdam I is the worldlysvjetovne, ambitiousambiciozni,
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Adam I je svjetovna, ambiciozna,
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externaleksterno sidestrana of our naturepriroda.
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spoljašna strana naše prirode.
On želi graditi, stvarati,
stvarati kompanije,
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He wants to buildizgraditi, createstvoriti,
createstvoriti companieskompanije,
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createstvoriti innovationinovacija.
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stvarati inovacije.
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AdamAdam IIII is the humbleponizno
sidestrana of our naturepriroda.
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Adam II je ponizna strana naše prirode.
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AdamAdam IIII wants not only
to do good but to be good,
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Adam II ne samo da želi
činiti dobro, već i biti dobar,
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to liveuživo in a way internallyinterno
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živjeti na način koji
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that honorspočasti God, creationkreacija and our possibilitiesmogućnosti.
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poštuje Boga, stvaranje,
i naše mogućnosti.
Adam I želi osvojiti svijet.
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AdamAdam I wants to conquerosvojiti the worldsvet.
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AdamAdam IIII wants to hearčuti
a callingpozivanjem and obeyposlušajte the worldsvet.
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Adam II želi čuti poziv
i poštivati svijet.
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AdamAdam I savorsuživa accomplishmentdostignuća.
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Adam I cijeni postignuće.
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AdamAdam IIII savorsuživa innerunutrašnji
consistencydoslednost and strengthsnaga.
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Adam II cijeni
unutrašnju dosljednost i snagu.
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AdamAdam I askspita how things work.
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Adam I pita kako stvari funkcionišu.
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AdamAdam IIII askspita why we're here.
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Adam II pita zašto smo ovdje.
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AdamAdam I'sSam je mottomoto is "successuspeh."
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"Uspjeh" je moto Adama I.
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AdamAdam II'sII mottomoto is "love, redemptioniskupljenje and returnpovratak."
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"Ljubav, iskupljenje,
i povratak" je moto Adama II.
Soloveitchik je tvrdio
da su ove dvije strane
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And SoloveitchikSoloveitchik arguedtvrde
that these two sidesstrane
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of our naturepriroda are
at warrat with eachsvaki other.
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naše prirode u suprotnosti jedna s drugom.
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We liveuživo in perpetualtrajna self-confrontationSelf-sukob
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Mi živimo u vječnom samo-sučeljavanju
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betweenizmeđu the externaleksterno successuspeh and the internalinterni valuevrednost.
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između vanjskog uspjeha
i unutrašnje vrijednosti.
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And the trickyneobično thing,
I'd say, about these
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Mislim da je problem u tome što
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two sidesstrane of our naturepriroda is they work
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ove dvije strane funkcionišu
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by differentdrugačiji logicslogike.
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po različitim logikama.
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The externaleksterno logiclogika is
an economicekonomski logiclogika:
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Spoljašnja logika je ekonomična logika:
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inputulaz leadsvodi to outputizlaz,
riskrizik leadsvodi to rewardnagrada.
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ulaz vodi ka izlazu, rizik vodi nagradi.
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The internalinterni sidestrana of our naturepriroda
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Unutrašnja strana naše prirode
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is a moralmoralno logiclogika and
oftenčesto an inverseinverzni logiclogika.
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je moralna logika
i često je inverzna logika.
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You have to give to receiveprimiti.
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Morate dati da biste dobili nazad.
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You have to surrenderpredaju
to something outsidespolja yourselfsami
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Morate se predati nečemu van sebe
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to gaindobit strengthsnaga withinunutar yourselfsami.
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da biste ojačali iznutra.
Morate pobijediti želju
da dobijete ono što želite.
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You have to conquerosvojiti the
desireželja to get what you want.
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In ordernaruči to fulfillispuniti yourselfsami,
you have to forgetzaboraviti yourselfsami.
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Da biste se zadovoljili
morate zaboraviti na sebe.
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In ordernaruči to find yourselfsami,
you have to losegube yourselfsami.
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Da biste se pronašli,
morate izgubiti sebe.
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We happenda se desi to liveuživo in a societydruštvo
that favorsFavorizira AdamAdam I,
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Živimo u društvu koji preferira Adama I,
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and oftenčesto neglectsZanemaruje AdamAdam IIII.
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i često zapostavlja Adama II.
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And the problemproblem is, that turnsokreće se
you into a shrewdspretne animalživotinja
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Problem je u tome što
vas to pretvara u prepredenu životinju
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who treatstretira life as a gameigra,
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koja život vidi kao igru,
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and you becomepostati a coldhladnoće,
calculatingIzračunavanje creaturestvorenje
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i onda postajete hladno, proračunato biće
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who slipsgaćice into a sortsortiraj of mediocritymediocrity
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koje upada u mediokritet
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where you realizeshvatiti there's a differencerazlika
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gdje shvatate razliku
između onoga što želite da budete
i ono što stvarno jeste.
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betweenizmeđu your desiredželjeni
selfself and your actualstvarno selfself.
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You're not earningsticanje the sortsortiraj of eulogygovor you want,
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Ne ostvarujete onaj hvalospjev
koji biste željeli,
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you hopenadam se someoneneko will give to you.
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kojem se nadate.
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You don't have the
depthdubina of convictionuvjerenje.
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Ne posjedujete dubinu uvjerenja.
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You don't have an emotionalemocionalno sonorousnesssonorousness.
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Ne posjedujete emocionalnu zvučnost.
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You don't have
commitmentposvećenost to taskszadataka
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Niste posvećeni zadacima
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that would take more than a lifetimeživotni vek to commitpočiniti.
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kojima treba čitav život da se ispune.
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I was remindedpodsetio of a commončesto
responseodgovor throughkroz historyistorija
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Podsjetio sam se
čestog odgovora kroz historiju
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of how you buildizgraditi a solidčvrsta AdamAdam IIII,
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o tome kako se stvara Adam II,
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how you buildizgraditi a depthdubina of characterkarakter.
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kako se gradi dubina karaktera.
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ThroughKroz historyistorija, people
have gonenestao back
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Kroz historiju, ljudi su se vratili
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into theirnjihova ownvlastiti pastsprošlost,
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u svoje prošlosti,
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sometimesponekad to a preciousdragocen
time in theirnjihova life,
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nekada u lijepe trenutke
u svojim životima,
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to theirnjihova childhooddetinjstvo,
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svoja djetinjstva,
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and oftenčesto, the mindum
gravitatesgravitira in the pastprošlost
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i često, um naginje ka prošlosti
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to a momentmomenat of shamesramota,
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u momentu stida,
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some singrijeh committedposvećeno,
some actčiniti of selfishnesssebičnost,
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nekog počinjenog grijeha, čina sebičnosti,
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an actčiniti of omissionpropusta, of shallownessplitkost,
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čina propusta, plitkosti,
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the singrijeh of angerbes, the singrijeh of self-pitySamosažaljenje,
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grijeha ljutnje, grijeha samožaljenja,
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tryingpokušavajući to be a people-pleaserpleaser ljudi,
a lacknedostatak of couragehrabrost.
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trudeći se ugoditi ljudima,
manjak hrabrosti.
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AdamAdam I is builtizgrađen by
buildingzgrade on your strengthsprednosti.
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Adam I je stvoren
gradeći na vašim snagama.
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AdamAdam IIII is builtizgrađen by fightingborbe
your weaknessesslabosti.
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Adam II je stvoren
boreći se sa vašim slabostima.
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You go into yourselfsami,
you find the singrijeh
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Kada zavirite u sebe, naći ćete grijeh
koji ste počinili iznova tokom života,
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whichšto you've committedposvećeno over
and again throughkroz your life,
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your signaturepotpis singrijeh
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vaš karakteristični grijeh
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out of whichšto the othersdrugi emergepojaviti se,
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iz kojeg proizilaze drugi,
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and you fightborba that singrijeh and you wrestlehrvati with that singrijeh,
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pa se borite s tim grijehom
i hrvate se s tim grijehom,
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and out of that wrestlingrvanje,
that sufferingpatnja,
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i iz tog hrvanja i patnje
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then a depthdubina of characterkarakter is constructedizgrađen.
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stvara se dubina karaktera.
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And we're oftenčesto not
taughtpredavao to recognizeprepoznati
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Mi često ne znamo prepoznati
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the singrijeh in ourselvessami,
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grijeh u nama,
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in that we're not taughtpredavao in this culturekultura
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u ovoj kulturi nismo podučeni
04:01
how to wrestlehrvati with it,
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kako da se hrvemo s njim,
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how to confrontsuočiti se it,
and how to combatborba it.
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kako da mu se suprostavimo.
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We liveuživo in a culturekultura
with an AdamAdam I mentalitymentalitet
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Živimo u kulturi sa mentalitetom Adama I
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where we're inarticulateneartikulirani
about AdamAdam IIII.
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gdje šutimo o Adamu II.
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FinallyKonačno, ReinholdReinhold NiebuhrNiebuhr
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Na kraju, Reinhold Niebuhr
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summedsumirao up the confrontationsukob, the fullypotpuno livedživela
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je sumirao
sučeljavanje Adama I kojim se živi
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AdamAdam I and AdamAdam IIII life, this way:
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i život Adama II na sljedeći način:
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"Nothing that is worthvrijedi doing
can be achievedpostignut in our lifetimeživotni vek;
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"Ništa što je vrijedno se ne može postići
tokom našeg života;
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thereforestoga we mustmora
be savedspašeni by hopenadam se.
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stoga nada nas mora spasiti.
04:26
Nothing whichšto is trueistinito or
beautifulprelepo or good makespravi
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Ništa što je istinito
ili lijepo ili dobro nema smisao
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completekompletno sensesmisao in any immediateodmah contextkontekst of historyistorija;
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u bilo kojem
neposrednom kontekstu u historiji;
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thereforestoga we mustmora be savedspašeni by faithvjera.
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stoga vjera nas treba spasiti.
Ništa od onoga
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Nothing we do, howeverkako god virtuousVrli,
can be accomplishedispunjeno alonesam;
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što uradimo, ma koliko
moralno, se ne može ostvariti samo;
04:38
thereforestoga we mustmora
be savedspašeni by love.
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stoga ljubav nas mora spasiti.
Nijedan moralan čin nije toliko moralan
sa stajališta
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No virtuousVrli actčiniti is quitesasvim as virtuousVrli
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from the standpointstanovište of our friendprijatelju
or foeneprijatelj as from our ownvlastiti standpointstanovište.
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našeg prijatelja ili neprijatelja
kao sa našeg vlastitog stajališta.
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ThereforeStoga we mustmora be savedspašeni
by that finalfinale formobrazac of love,
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Stoga taj konačni oblik
ljubavi nas mora spasiti,
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whichšto is forgivenessOproštaj.”
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a to je oprost."
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ThanksHvala.
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Hvala
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Aplauz)
Translated by Samra Cebiric
Reviewed by Adisa Ejubovic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Brooks - Op-ed columnist
Writer and thinker David Brooks has covered business, crime and politics over a long career in journalism.

Why you should listen

David Brooks became an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times in September 2003. He is currently a commentator on "The PBS Newshour," NPR’s "All Things Considered" and NBC's "Meet the Press."

He is the author of Bobos in Paradise and The Social Animal. In April 2015, he released with his fourth book, The Road to Character, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller.

Brooks also teaches at Yale University, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Born on August 11, 1961 in Toronto, Canada, Brooks graduated a bachelor of history from the University of Chicago in 1983. He became a police reporter for the City News Bureau, a wire service owned jointly by the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times.

He worked at The Washington Times and then The Wall Street Journal for nine years. His last post at the Journal was as Op-ed Editor. Prior to that, he was posted in Brussels, covering Russia, the Middle East, South Africa and European affairs. His first post at the Journal was as editor of the book review section, and he filled in as the Journal's movie critic.

He also served as a senior editor at The Weekly Standard for 9 years, as well as contributing editor for The Atlantic and Newsweek.

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