David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
Дейвид Брукс: Да живеем за автобиографията ни... или за надгробното ни слово?
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the eulogy virtues.
добродетелите, които се споменават в надгробните слова.
ones you put on your résumé,
добродетели, които описвате в автобиографията си,
you bring to the marketplace.
in your depth,
може да се разчита, постоянен?
me, would say
биха казали,
more important of the virtues.
are they the ones that
дали те са тези,
And the answer is no.
И отговорът е: Не.
helped me think about it
Lonely Man Of Faith" in 1965.
"Самотният човек на вярата" през 1965.
на нашата природа,
and Adam II.
create companies,
основава компании,
side of our nature.
на нашата същност.
to do good but to be good,
но и да бъде добър,
и нашите възможности.
a calling and obey the world.
и да се подчини на света.
consistency and strength.
постоянство и сила.
изкупление и завръщане".
that these two sides
две страни
at war with each other.
във война една с друга.
I'd say, about these
an economic logic:
икономическа логика:
risk leads to reward.
риска води до награда.
often an inverse logic.
обратна логика.
to something outside yourself
извън себе си,
desire to get what you want.
за да получиш каквото искаш.
you have to forget yourself.
трябва да забравиш за себе си.
you have to lose yourself.
трябва да изгубиш себе си.
that favors Adam I,
фаворизира Адам 1
you into a shrewd animal
в хапливо животно,
calculating creature
пресметливо същество,
self and your actual self.
и какъв си в действителност.
което искаш,
depth of conviction.
commitment to tasks
за да се завършат.
response through history
отговор от историята
have gone back
time in their life,
gravitates in the past
some act of selfishness,
до някоя егоистична постъпка,
a lack of courage.
от липса на смелост.
building on your strengths.
your weaknesses.
you find the sin
намирате грях
and again through your life,
и отново през живота,
that suffering,
на това страдание,
taught to recognize
да разпознаваме сами
and how to combat it.
и как да го побеждаваме.
with an Adam I mentality
манталитет на Адам 1
about Adam II.
пълноценно изживян живот
can be achieved in our lifetime;
не може да бъде постигнато с един живот,
be saved by hope.
спасени от надеждата.
beautiful or good makes
красиво или добро,
непосредственият исторически контекст,
can be accomplished alone;
колко е добродетелно, може да постигнем сами,
be saved by love.
толкова добродетелно
or foe as from our own standpoint.
колкото от нашата гледна точка.
by that final form of love,
от тази последна форма на любов,
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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