David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
David Brooks: ¿Debemos vivir para nuestro currículum... o para nuestro panegírico?
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la diferencia entre
the eulogy virtues.
y las del panegírico.
ones you put on your résumé,
que se ponen en el CV
you bring to the marketplace.
aportas al mercado laboral.
in your depth,
quién eres, en profundidad,
de tus relaciones,
confiable, constante?
me, would say
me incluyo, diría
more important of the virtues.
son más importantes.
are they the ones that
¿son a las que
And the answer is no.
Y la respuesta es no.
en ese problema,
helped me think about it
ha ayudado en ello
Lonely Man Of Faith" in 1965.
"La soledad del hombre de fe", en 1965.
naturaleza tiene dos caras,
and Adam II.
de nuestra naturaleza.
create companies,
fundar empresas,
side of our nature.
de nuestra naturaleza.
to do good but to be good,
hacer el bien, sino ser bueno,
de manera que
y a nuestras posibilidades.
a calling and obey the world.
un llamado y obedecer al mundo.
consistency and strength.
y la fortaleza interior.
cómo funcionan las cosas.
por qué estamos aquí.
"amor, redención y devolución".
that these two sides
que estas dos caras
at war with each other.
están en guerra.
autoconfrontación
y el valor interno.
I'd say, about these
yo diría, de estas
an economic logic:
una lógica económica:
risk leads to reward.
el riesgo conlleva beneficios.
de nuestra naturaleza
often an inverse logic.
por lo general inversa.
to something outside yourself
desire to get what you want.
para obtener lo que quieres.
you have to forget yourself.
debes olvidarte de ti mismo.
you have to lose yourself.
primero debes perderte.
que prefiere a Adán 1,
that favors Adam I,
you into a shrewd animal
en un animal astuto
calculating creature
criatura fría y calculadora
suerte de mediocridad
hay una diferencia
self and your actual self.
y el que en realidad eres.
panegírico que te gustaría,
depth of conviction.
de convicción.
sonoridad emocional.
commitment to tasks
con actividades
una vida completar.
response through history
a través de la historia
un sólido Adán 2,
profundidad de carácter.
have gone back
las personas se han remontado
time in their life,
preciado de su vida,
gravitates in the past
da vueltas por el pasado
some act of selfishness,
un acto de egoísmo,
de superficialidad,
de la autocompasión,
a lack of courage.
a la gente, una falta de coraje.
building on your strengths.
al construir tus fortalezas.
your weaknesses.
superando debilidades.
you find the sin
encuentra el pecado que hayas
and again through your life,
a lo largo de tu vida,
that suffering,
de ese sufrimiento
profundidad de carácter.
taught to recognize
se nos enseña a reconocer
and how to combat it.
y cómo combatirlo.
with an Adam I mentality
una mentalidad de Adán 1
about Adam II.
hacer nada sobre Adán 2.
la vida al máximo
de la siguiente manera:
can be achieved in our lifetime;
se puede lograr en toda una vida;
be saved by hope.
salvar la esperanza.
beautiful or good makes
o bello o bueno
inmediato de la historia;
debe salvar la fe.
can be accomplished alone;
cuán virtuoso sea, se logra solo;
be saved by love.
salvar el amor.
es tan virtuoso
or foe as from our own standpoint.
o enemigo como lo es desde el nuestro.
by that final form of love,
esa forma final de amor,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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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