David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
דוד ברוקס: דוד ברוקס: לחיות בשביל הרזומה... או ההספד?
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.
שאתם כותבים בקורות החיים שלכם,
ones you put on your résumé,
you bring to the marketplace.
in your depth,
בעומק האישיות שלכם,
me, would say
more important of the virtues.
are they the ones that
And the answer is no.
helped me think about it
Lonely Man Of Faith" in 1965.
and Adam II.
create companies,
side of our nature.
to do good but to be good,
הוא רוצה להיות טוב,
את היצירה ואת האפשרויות שלנו.
a calling and obey the world.
consistency and strength.
that these two sides
at war with each other.
I'd say, about these
an economic logic:
risk leads to reward.
often an inverse logic.
ולעתים היגיון הפוך.
to something outside yourself
desire to get what you want.
כדי לקבל מה שאתם רוצים.
you have to forget yourself.
אתם צריכים לשכוח את עצמכם.
you have to lose yourself.
אתם צריכים לאבד את עצמכם.
that favors Adam I,
you into a shrewd animal
calculating creature
self and your actual self.
depth of conviction.
commitment to tasks
response through history
have gone back
time in their life,
gravitates in the past
המח נמשך באותו עבר
some act of selfishness,
מעשה של אנוכיות
של רדידות,
a lack of courage.
חוסר אומץ.
building on your strengths.
your weaknesses.
בחולשותכם.
you find the sin
מוצאים את החטא
and again through your life,
ונאבקים איתו,
that suffering,
הסבל הזה,
taught to recognize
and how to combat it.
ואיך לצאת לקרב נגדו.
with an Adam I mentality
עם מנטליות של אדם 1
about Adam II.
החיים המלאים של
can be achieved in our lifetime;
יכול להיות מושג בזמן חיינו;
be saved by hope.
ע"י תקווה.
beautiful or good makes
או טוב
בכל הקשר מיידי של ההיסטוריה;
can be accomplished alone;
יכול להעשות לבד;
be saved by love.
ערך כל כך גבוה
or foe as from our own standpoint.
כמו מנקודת מבטינו העצמית.
by that final form of love,
אותה צורה סופית של אהבה,
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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