David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
David Brooks: Az önéletrajzunkért vagy a gyászbeszédünkért érdemes élni?
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the eulogy virtues.
és nekrológértékek között.
ones you put on your résumé,
a szakmai önéletrajzunkba,
you bring to the marketplace.
a munkaerőpiacon.
in your depth,
kik vagyunk mi, legbelül;
méltók, megbízhatók, következetesek?
me, would say
more important of the virtues.
a nekrológértékeink a fontosabbak.
are they the ones that
őszintén megmondom,
And the answer is no.
helped me think about it
Lonely Man Of Faith" in 1965.
1965-ös könyv irója.
két oldala van,
and Adam II.
és Ádám II-nek nevezett el.
create companies,
side of our nature.
a természetünknek.
to do good but to be good,
de arra is, hogy ő jó legyen.
és a lehetőségeinket dicsőíti.
a calling and obey the world.
és a világot akarja szolgálni.
consistency and strength.
és erőt keresi.
hogyan működnek a dolgok,
miért vagyunk mi itt.
a szeretet és a megváltás.
that these two sides
at war with each other.
önmagunkkal,
között őrlődünk.
I'd say, about these
an economic logic:
risk leads to reward.
a kockázat jutalomhoz vezet.
often an inverse logic.
fordított logikán nyugszik.
to something outside yourself
hogy belső erőre tehess szert.
desire to get what you want.
előbb le kell győznöd őket.
you have to forget yourself.
el kell feledkezned magadról.
you have to lose yourself.
előbb el kell veszítened.
that favors Adam I,
you into a shrewd animal
változtat minket,
calculating creature
amíg végül
self and your actual self.
és a valódi énünk között.
megszerzéséért, csak várjuk,
depth of conviction.
commitment to tasks
melyek elvégzéséhez kevés egy élet.
response through history
volt egy elterjedt módszer
have gone back
hogy az emberek
time in their life,
gravitates in the past
some act of selfishness,
a lack of courage.
bűnének pillanataira.
building on your strengths.
révén lesz még erősebb,
your weaknesses.
kell szembeszállnunk.
you find the sin
meg kell találnunk azt a bűnt,
and again through your life,
that suffering,
a küzdés szenvedéséből
taught to recognize
and how to combat it.
with an Adam I mentality
mentalitását ismeri,
about Adam II.
teljességgel megélt életét:
can be achieved in our lifetime;
nem valósíthatunk meg az életünk alatt;
be saved by hope.
beautiful or good makes
nem nyeri el teljes értelmét
can be accomplished alone;
erkölcsös is, nem hajtható végre egyedül,
be saved by love.
ami megmenthet minket.
sem olyan erkölcsös
szemszögéből, mint a miénkből.
or foe as from our own standpoint.
by that final form of love,
menthet meg minket:
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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