David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
David Brooks: Czy żyć tak, żeby mieć dobry życiorys ... czy raczej mowę pogrzebową?
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.
i w mowie pogrzebowej.
ones you put on your résumé,
wpisujesz w życiorys,
you bring to the marketplace.
in your depth,
w głębi swego jestestwa,
niezawodny, konsekwentny?
me, would say
more important of the virtues.
za ważniejsze.
are they the ones that
And the answer is no.
Odpowiedź brzmi "nie".
helped me think about it
Lonely Man Of Faith" in 1965.
''Samotny człowiek wiary".
że nasza natura ma dwie strony.
and Adam II.
create companies,
side of our nature.
to do good but to be good,
ale chce być dobry,
wszechświat i nasze możliwości.
a calling and obey the world.
i być posłuszny światu.
consistency and strength.
wewnętrzną siłą i konsekwencją.
"miłość, odkupienie i powrót".
that these two sides
at war with each other.
a wartościami wewnętrznymi.
I'd say, about these
an economic logic:
risk leads to reward.
ryzyko prowadzi do nagrody.
often an inverse logic.
a często twierdzenia przeciwne.
to something outside yourself
desire to get what you want.
dostania tego, czego pragniesz.
you have to forget yourself.
musisz zapomnieć o sobie.
you have to lose yourself.
that favors Adam I,
faworyzujemy Adama I,
you into a shrewd animal
że zamienia nas to w sprytne zwierzę,
calculating creature
self and your actual self.
a tym, jaki jesteś.
jakiej pragniesz,
depth of conviction.
commitment to tasks
response through history
have gone back
time in their life,
gravitates in the past
some act of selfishness,
grzechu użalania się nad sobą,
a lack of courage.
braku odwagi.
building on your strengths.
na bazie istniejących mocnych punktów.
your weaknesses.
you find the sin
and again through your life,
that suffering,
taught to recognize
and how to combat it.
with an Adam I mentality
about Adam II.
can be achieved in our lifetime;
w ciągu jednego życia,
be saved by hope.
beautiful or good makes
can be accomplished alone;
nie da się osiągnąć w pojedynkę,
be saved by love.
or foe as from our own standpoint.
naszych przyjaciół lub wrogów.
by that final form of love,
najwyższa forma miłości,
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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