David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
David Brooks: Leben für den Lebenslauf ... oder die Trauerrede?
Writer and thinker David Brooks has covered business, crime and politics over a long career in journalism. Full bio
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the eulogy virtues.
und einer Trauerrede?
ones you put on your résumé,
schreibt man selbst.
you bring to the marketplace.
ins Berufsleben einbringt.
in your depth,
zuverlässig, beständig?
me, would say
more important of the virtues.
die wichtigeren sind.
are they the ones that
And the answer is no.
auf die ich am meiste achte.
helped me think about it
Lonely Man Of Faith" in 1965.
"The Lonely Man Of Faith" schrieb,
"Der einsame Mensch des Glaubens".
dass es zwei Seiten in uns gibt,
and Adam II.
create companies,
Unternehmen gründen,
side of our nature.
Seite unserer Natur.
to do good but to be good,
er will gut sein,
Möglichkeiten ehrt.
a calling and obey the world.
und der Welt dienen.
consistency and strength.
innere Beständigkeit und Stärke.
"Liebe, Erlösung und Ankommen".
that these two sides
at war with each other.
kämpfen gegeneinander.
und internen Werten.
I'd say, about these
an economic logic:
eine wirtschaftliche:
risk leads to reward.
Risiko zu Gewinn.
often an inverse logic.
und oft inversen Logik.
to something outside yourself
desire to get what you want.
dich durchzusetzen.
you have to forget yourself.
musst du dich selbst vergessen.
you have to lose yourself.
musst du dich selbst verlieren.
die Adam I bevorzugt
that favors Adam I,
you into a shrewd animal
zu einem "gerissenen Tier",
calculating creature
berechnenden Kreatur.
self and your actual self.
und dem, wer du bist.
von der du hoffst,
depth of conviction.
commitment to tasks
als ein Leben benötigen.
response through history
immer wieder auf gleiche Weise
mit Tiefgang zu entwickeln.
have gone back
zurückgeblickt,
time in their life,
in ihrem Leben,
gravitates in the past
some act of selfishness,
einem Akt der Selbstsucht,
der Sünde des Selbstmitleids,
a lack of courage.
einem Mangel an Mut.
building on your strengths.
auf deine Stärken.
your weaknesses.
deiner Schwächen.
you find the sin
and again through your life,
und ringst mit dieser Sünde
that suffering,
diesem Leiden,
taught to recognize
auch nicht gelernt,
and how to combat it.
with an Adam I mentality
Adam-I-Mentalität.
about Adam II.
can be achieved in our lifetime;
können wir in unserem Leben vollenden.
be saved by hope.
beautiful or good makes
can be accomplished alone;
tugendhaft, können wir alleine vollenden;
be saved by love.
or foe as from our own standpoint.
aus der Sicht von Freund oder Feind;
by that final form of love,
Form der Liebe uns retten:
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David Brooks - Op-ed columnistWriter 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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