David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
دافيد بروكس: دافيد بروكس: هل يجدر بك العيش من أجل سيرتك الذاتية ... أم من أجل خطاب تأبينك؟
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the eulogy virtues.
وفضائل خطاب التأبين.
ones you put on your résumé,
تضعها في سيرتك الذاتية،
you bring to the marketplace.
تأتي بها إلى سوق الشغل.
in your depth,
من تكون، في عمقك،
جدير بالثقة، مستقيم؟
me, would say
more important of the virtues.
هي أهم الفضائل.
are they the ones that
هل هي الخصائص
And the answer is no.
الجواب هو لا.
هذا الموضوع،
helped me think about it
وهو حاخام
Lonely Man Of Faith" in 1965.
سنة 1965.
من طبيعتنا،
and Adam II.
دنيوي، طموح،
create companies,
أن ينشئ شركات،
side of our nature.
من طبيعتنا.
to do good but to be good,
بل أن يكون خيِّرا،
ويجل الخلق وجميع إمكانياتنا.
a calling and obey the world.
ويرضي العالم.
consistency and strength.
"الحب والخلاص والعودة".
that these two sides
at war with each other.
والقيمة الداخلية.
I'd say, about these
أنهما يعملان
an economic logic:
risk leads to reward.
often an inverse logic.
منطق عكسي.
to something outside yourself
desire to get what you want.
على ما تريد.
you have to forget yourself.
أن تنسى نفسك.
you have to lose yourself.
أن تُضيع نفسك.
يفضل آدم الأول.
that favors Adam I,
you into a shrewd animal
إلى حيوان شره،
calculating creature
self and your actual self.
depth of conviction.
commitment to tasks
response through history
مع هذا خلال التاريخ
من آدم الثاني،
have gone back
time in their life,
من حياتهم،
gravitates in the past
some act of selfishness,
a lack of courage.
وانعدام الشجاعة.
building on your strengths.
your weaknesses.
نقاط ضعفك.
you find the sin
and again through your life,
طيلة حياتك،
وتصارع ذلك الذنب،
that suffering,
هذه المعاناة،
taught to recognize
and how to combat it.
with an Adam I mentality
about Adam II.
can be achieved in our lifetime;
يمكن أن تحققه خلال حياتك
be saved by hope.
beautiful or good makes
والجمال والخير، يبدو
الذي حدث فيه؛
can be accomplished alone;
يمكن تحقيقه بمفردنا؛
be saved by love.
or foe as from our own standpoint.
فاضلا بالنسبة لك أنت.
by that final form of love,
درجات الحب،
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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