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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: David Brooks: David Brooks: Trebate li živjeti za vaš životopis... ili vaš posmrtni govor?

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U svakom od nas postoje dva ja, predložio je David Brooks u svom meditativnom kratkom govoru: ja koji teži uspjehu, koji gradi životopis, i ja koji traži povezanost, društvenost, ljubav -- vrijednosti koje se spominju u posmrtnom govoru. (Joseph Soloveitchin je zvao ove ličnosti "Adam I" i "Adam II".) Brooks pita: možemo li uravnotežiti ove dvije ličnosti?
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So I've been thinkingmišljenje about the differencerazlika betweenizmeđu
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the résumiznosé virtuesvrline and
the eulogygovor virtuesvrline.
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životopisnih vrlina i vrlina za posmrtni govor.
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The résumiznosé virtuesvrline are the
onesone you put on your résumiznosé,
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Životopisne vrline jesu one
koje stavljate u životopis,
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whichkoji are the skillsvještine
you bringdonijeti to the marketplacetržište.
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poput vještina koje
donosite na tržište.
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The eulogygovor virtuesvrline are the onesone
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Vještine za posmrtni govor su one
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that get mentionedspominje in the eulogygovor,
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koje se spomenu u vašem posmrtnom govoru,
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whichkoji are deeperdublje: who are you,
in your depthdubina,
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koje su dublje; tko ste,
vaša nutrina,
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what is the naturepriroda of your relationshipsodnosa,
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obilježja vaših odnosa s drugima,
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are you boldodvažan, lovingkoji voli, dependablepouzdan, consistencydosljednost?
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jeste li hrabri, srdačni, pouzdani, dosljedni?
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And mostnajviše of us, includinguključujući
me, would say
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I većina nas, uključujući
i mene samog, bi rekla
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that the eulogygovor virtuesvrline are the
more importantvažno of the virtuesvrline.
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da su od tih dviju vrsta vrlina
vrline za posmrtni govor važnije.
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But at leastnajmanje in my casespis,
are they the onesone that
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No, bar u mom slučaju,
jesu li one te o kojima
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I think about the mostnajviše?
And the answerodgovor is no.
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najviše razmišljam?
Odgovor je, ne.
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So I've been thinkingmišljenje about that problemproblem,
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Stoga sam razmišljao o tom problemu,
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and a thinkermislilac who has
helpedpomogao me think about it
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i mislilac koji mi je
pomogao u razmišljanju o tome
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is a guy namedpod nazivom JosephJosip SoloveitchikSoloveitchik, who was a rabbiRabin
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jest Joseph Soloveitchik, i bio je rabin
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who wrotenapisao a bookrezervirati calledzvao "The
LonelyUsamljeni Man Of FaithVjera" in 1965.
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koji je napisao knjigu
"Usamljeni vjernik" 1965. g.
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SoloveitchikSoloveitchik said there are two sidesstrane of our naturesnaravi,
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Soloveitchik je rekao da naše biće ima dvije strane,
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whichkoji he calledzvao AdamAdam I
and AdamAdam IIII.
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koje je nazivao 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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externalvanjski sidestrana of our naturepriroda.
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vanjska strana naše prirode.
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He wants to buildizgraditi, createstvoriti,
createstvoriti companiestvrtke,
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Želi graditi, stvarati,
osnivati tvrtke,
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createstvoriti innovationinovacija.
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uvoditi inovacije.
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AdamAdam IIII is the humbleskroman
sidestrana of our naturepriroda.
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Adam II je krotka strana
čovječje prirode.
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AdamAdam IIII wants not only
to do good but to be good,
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Adam II ne želi samo raditi
dobro nego i biti dobar,
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to liveživjeti in a way internallyunutrašnje
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živjeti na način koji iznutra
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that honorspočasti God, creationstvaranje and our possibilitiesmogućnosti.
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poštuje Boga, stvaranje i sve naše mogućnosti.
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AdamAdam I wants to conquerosvojiti the worldsvijet.
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Adam I želi pokoriti svijet.
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AdamAdam IIII wants to hearčuti
a callingzvanje and obeyslušati the worldsvijet.
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Adam II želi čuti svoj
poziv i služiti svijetu.
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AdamAdam I savorsuživa accomplishmentsvršavanje.
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Adam I uživa u uspješnosti.
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AdamAdam IIII savorsuživa innerunutrašnji
consistencydosljednost and strengthsnaga.
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Adam II uživa unutarnju
dosljednost i snagu.
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AdamAdam I askspita how things work.
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Adam I se pita kako stvari rade.
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AdamAdam IIII askspita why we're here.
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Adam II se pita zašto smo ovdje.
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AdamAdam I'sJa ima mottomoto is "successuspjeh."
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Moto Adama I je "uspjeh."
Moto Adama II je "ljubav, pokajanje i povratak."
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AdamAdam II'sII mottomoto is "love, redemptionotkup and returnpovratak."
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And SoloveitchikSoloveitchik arguedtvrdio
that these two sidesstrane
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I Soloveitchik se zalagao
za to da su ove dvije strane
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of our naturepriroda are
at warrat with eachsvaki other.
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naše prirode zaraćene,
jedna protiv druge
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We liveživjeti in perpetualtrajna self-confrontationSamo-sukob
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Živimo u neprekidnom samo-sukobu
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betweenizmeđu the externalvanjski successuspjeh and the internalinterni valuevrijednost.
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između vanjskog uspjeha i unutarnje vrijednosti.
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And the trickylukav thing,
I'd say, about these
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I problem je, rekao
bih, u svezi ovih
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two sidesstrane of our naturepriroda is they work
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naših dviju strana, što ih navode
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by differentdrugačiji logicslogike.
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različite logike.
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The externalvanjski logiclogika is
an economicekonomski logiclogika:
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Vanjska logika je
ekonomična logika:
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inputulazni leadsvodi to outputizlaz,
riskrizik leadsvodi to rewardnagrada.
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uzrok donosi posljedicu,
rizik donosi nagradu.
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The internalinterni sidestrana of our naturepriroda
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Nutarnja strana naše prirode
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is a moralmoralan logiclogika and
oftenčesto an inverseinverzan logiclogika.
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je moralna logika,
i počesto obrnuta logika.
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You have to give to receivedobiti.
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Trebaš dati da bi primio.
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You have to surrenderpredaju
to something outsideizvan yourselfsami
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Trebaš se predati
nečemu izvan sebe
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to gaindobit strengthsnaga withinunutar yourselfsami.
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da bi izgradio unutarnju snagu.
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You have to conquerosvojiti the
desireželja to get what you want.
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Trebaš pokoriti želju
kako bi dobio ono što želiš.
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In ordernarudžba to fulfillispuniti yourselfsami,
you have to forgetzaboraviti yourselfsami.
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Da bi se ispunio,
trebaš se zaboraviti.
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In ordernarudžba to find yourselfsami,
you have to loseizgubiti yourselfsami.
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Trebaš se izgubiti
kako bi se našao.
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We happendogoditi se to liveživjeti in a societydruštvo
that favorsusluge AdamAdam I,
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Živimo u društvu
koje daje prvenstvo Adamu I,
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and oftenčesto neglectszanemaruje AdamAdam IIII.
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a često zanemaruje Adama II.
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And the problemproblem is, that turnsokreti
you into a shrewdlukav animalživotinja
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I 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 se životu odnosi kao prema igri
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and you becomepostati a coldhladno,
calculatingizračunavanje creaturestvorenje
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i postajete hladno,
proračunato stvorenje
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who slipsgaćice into a sortvrsta of mediocrityosrednjost
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koje se uljulja u jednu vrstu osrednjosti
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where you realizeostvariti there's a differencerazlika
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u kojoj shvaćate da ima razlike
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betweenizmeđu your desiredželjeni
selfsam and your actualstvaran selfsam.
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između vašeg željenog 'ja'
i vašeg stvarnog 'ja'.
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You're not earningzarada the sortvrsta of eulogygovor you want,
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Ne zarađujete vrstu posmrtnog govora kakvog želite,
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you hopenada someonenetko will give to you.
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za koju se nadate da će vam biti dana.
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You don't have the
depthdubina of convictionuvjerenje.
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Nemate dubinskih uvjerenja.
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You don't have an emotionalemotivan sonorousnesssonorousness.
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Nemate emocionalni sklad, zvučnost.
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You don't have
commitmentopredjeljenje to taskszadaci
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Niste posvećeni radnjama
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that would take more than a lifetimedoživotno to commitpočiniti.
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koje zahtijevaju posvećivanje više od jednog života.
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I was remindedpodsjetio of a commonzajednička
responseodgovor throughkroz historypovijest
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Podsjetilo me na opći odgovor
povijesti na to
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of how you buildizgraditi a solidsolidan AdamAdam IIII,
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kako izgraditi čvrstog Adama II,
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how you buildizgraditi a depthdubina of characterlik.
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kako izgraditi dubok karakter.
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ThroughKroz historypovijest, people
have goneotišao back
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Kroz povijest
ljudi su se vraćali
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into theirnjihov ownvlastiti pastsprošlost,
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u vlastitu prošlost,
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sometimesponekad to a preciousdragocjen
time in theirnjihov life,
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ponekad u vrijedni
trenutak u njihovom životu,
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to theirnjihov childhooddjetinjstvo,
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u njihovo djetinjstvo,
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and oftenčesto, the mindum
gravitatesgravitira in the pastprošlost
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i potom često um teži u prošlosti nekom
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to a momenttrenutak of shamesram,
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some singrijeh committedpredan,
some actčin of selfishnesssebičnost,
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nekog počinjenog grijeha,
nekog sebičnog čina,
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an actčin of omissionpropusta, of shallownessplitkost,
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činu izostavljanja, plitkosti
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the singrijeh of angerbijes, the singrijeh of self-pitysamosažaljenje,
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grijehu bijesa, grijehu samosažaljenja,
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tryingtežak to be a people-pleaserljudi-pleaser,
a lacknedostatak of couragehrabrost.
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pokušavanju da se udovolji
svima, nedostatku hrabrosti,
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AdamAdam I is builtizgrađen by
buildingzgrada on your strengthsprednosti.
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Adam I se izgrađuje izgrađivanjem
svojih jakih strana.
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AdamAdam IIII is builtizgrađen by fightingborba
your weaknessesslabosti.
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Adam II se izgrađuje borbom
protiv vlastitih slabosti.
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You go into yourselfsami,
you find the singrijeh
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Uđete u sebe,
nađete grijeh
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whichkoji you've committedpredan over
and again throughkroz your life,
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koji ste počinili iznova i iznova
u toku svog života,
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your signaturepotpis singrijeh
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grijeh s vašim potpisom
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out of whichkoji the othersdrugi emergepojaviti,
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iz kojeg ostali grijesi proizlaze
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and you fightborba that singrijeh and you wrestleHrvati with that singrijeh,
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i borite se protiv tog grijeha i hrvate se s njim,
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and out of that wrestlingrvanje,
that sufferingpati,
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i iz tog hrvanja,
te patnje,
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then a depthdubina of characterlik is constructedkonstruiran.
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izgrađuje se duboki karakter.
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And we're oftenčesto not
taughtučio to recognizeprepoznati
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I često nas ne uče prepoznati
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the singrijeh in ourselvessebe,
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grijeh unutar nas,
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in that we're not taughtučio in this cultureKultura
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i nismo naučeni u ovoj kulturi
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how to wrestleHrvati with it,
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kako se hrvati s njim,
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how to confrontsuočiti it,
and how to combatborba it.
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kako mu se suprotstaviti
i kako se boriti protiv njega.
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We liveživjeti in a cultureKultura
with an AdamAdam I mentalitymentalitet
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Živimo u kulturi Adam I mentaliteta
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where we're inarticulateneprilagođeni
about AdamAdam IIII.
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u kojoj smo neuki
u svezi Adama II.
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FinallyKonačno, ReinholdReinhold NiebuhrNiebuhr
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Na kraju, Reinhold Niebuhr
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summedsažeti up the confrontationsukob, the fullypotpuno livedživjeli
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je zaokružio taj sukob, potpuno proživljen
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AdamAdam I and AdamAdam IIII life, this way:
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život s Adamom I i Adamom II, na ovaj način:
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"Nothing that is worthvrijedan doing
can be achievedpostići in our lifetimedoživotno;
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"Ništa što je vrijedno
ne postiže se za našeg života;
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thereforestoga we mustmora
be savedspremaju by hopenada.
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stoga nas mora
spasiti nada.
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Nothing whichkoji is truepravi or
beautifullijep or good makesmarke
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Ništa istinito,
lijepo ili dobro nema
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completepotpun senseosjećaj in any immediateneposredan contextkontekst of historypovijest;
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nikakvog smisla u tom trenutnom kontekstu povijesti;
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thereforestoga we mustmora be savedspremaju by faithvjera.
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stoga nas mora spasiti vjera.
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Nothing we do, howevermeđutim virtuousvrli,
can be accomplishedostvariti alonesam;
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Ništa što učinimo, ma kako čestito,
ne možemo postići sami;
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thereforestoga we mustmora
be savedspremaju by love.
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stoga nas mora spasiti ljubav.
04:41
No virtuousvrli actčin is quitedosta as virtuousvrli
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Ni jedan čestit čin nije tako čestit
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from the standpointstanovište of our friendprijatelj
or foeneprijatelj as from our ownvlastiti standpointstanovište.
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iz gledišta našeg prijatelja ili
neprijatelja, kao što je iz našeg gledišta.
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ThereforeStoga we mustmora be savedspremaju
by that finalkonačni formoblik of love,
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Stoga nas mora spasiti
posljednji oblik ljubavi,
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whichkoji is forgivenesspraštanje.”
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a to je oprost."
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ThanksHvala.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Senzos Osijek
Reviewed by Ivan Stamenkovic

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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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