David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
David Brooks: Será que devemos viver para o currículo... ou para o elogio fúnebre?
Writer and thinker David Brooks has covered business, crime and politics over a long career in journalism. Full bio
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e as virtudes do elogio fúnebre.
the eulogy virtues.
ones you put on your résumé,
são as que colocamos no currículo,
you bring to the marketplace.
que levamos ao mercado.
in your depth,
quem somos em profundidade,
dependentes, consistentes?
me, would say
more important of the virtues.
são as virtudes mais importantes.
are they the ones that
será que é nelas
E a resposta é não.
And the answer is no.
helped me think about it
Lonely Man Of Faith" in 1965.
"The Lonely Man Of Faith", em 1965.
dois lados de nossas naturezas,
and Adam II.
create companies,
side of our nature.
de nossa natureza.
to do good but to be good,
mas ser bom,
e a nossas possibilidades.
a calling and obey the world.
e obedecer o mundo.
consistency and strength.
consistência interna e força.
é "amor, redenção e retorno".
que esses dois lados
that these two sides
at war with each other.
estão em guerra entre si.
I'd say, about these
an economic logic:
risk leads to reward.
o risco leva à recompensa.
often an inverse logic.
uma lógica inversa.
to something outside yourself
para conseguir o que se quer.
desire to get what you want.
you have to forget yourself.
you have to lose yourself.
numa sociedade que favorece Adam I,
that favors Adam I,
you into a shrewd animal
nos torna animais astutos,
calculating creature
frias e calculistas,
self and your actual self.
o elogio fúnebre que queremos
depth of conviction.
commitment to tasks
para nos comprometermos.
response through history
comum, através da história,
have gone back
preciosa em suas vidas,
time in their life,
gravitates in the past
a mente gravita no passado
some act of selfishness,
o pecado da pena de si mesmo,
a lack of courage.
uma falta de coragem.
building on your strengths.
trabalhando nossas forças.
your weaknesses.
lutando contra nossas fraquezas.
you find the sin
encontramos o pecado
em nossas vidas,
and again through your life,
e combatemos esse pecado,
that suffering,
de caráter se constrói.
taught to recognize
and how to combat it.
with an Adam I mentality
com a mentalidade de Adam I,
about Adam II.
com Adam I e Adam II, assim:
can be achieved in our lifetime;
pode ser alcançado durante a vida;
be saved by hope.
nos salvar pela esperança.
beautiful or good makes
em qualquer contexto histórico imediato;
can be accomplished alone;
pode ser realizado sozinho;
be saved by love.
or foe as from our own standpoint.
como de nosso próprio ponto de vista.
by that final form of love,
pela forma final do 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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