David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
David Brooks: Devemos viver para o nosso currículo... ou para o nosso 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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the eulogy virtues.
ones you put on your résumé,
you bring to the marketplace.
para o mercado de trabalho.
in your depth,
quem somos, lá no fundo,
de confiança, consistentes?
me, would say
more important of the virtues.
são as virtudes mais importantes.
are they the ones that
serão aquelas em que eu mais penso?
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 da nossa natureza,
and Adam II.
create companies,
side of our nature.
da nossa natureza.
to do good but to be good,
ele quer ser bom,
e as nossas possibilidades.
a calling and obey the world.
e obedecer ao mundo.
consistency and strength.
e a força interiores.
como as coisas funcionam.
porque é que estamos aqui.
"amor, redenção e retorno".
that these two sides
at war with each other.
e o valor interior.
I'd say, about these
nesses dois lados da nossa natureza
segundo lógicas diferentes.
an economic logic:
risk leads to reward.
o risco leva à recompensa.
often an inverse logic.
e geralmente uma lógica inversa.
to something outside yourself
a algo exterior a nós
desire to get what you want.
para conseguirmos o que queremos.
you have to forget yourself.
temos que nos esquecer de nós.
you have to lose yourself.
temos que nos perder.
that favors Adam I,
que favorece o Adão I
you into a shrewd animal
num animal astuto
calculating creature
fria e calculista
self and your actual self.
o tipo de elogio que queremos,
depth of conviction.
commitment to tasks
de compromisso.
response through history
comum ao longo da História
uma profundidade de carácter.
have gone back
time in their life,
precioso na sua vida,
gravitates in the past
some act of selfishness,
algum ato de egoísmo,
o pecado da auto-comiseração,
a lack of courage.
que agrada a todos, uma falta de coragem.
building on your strengths.
nos nossos pontos fortes.
your weaknesses.
contra os nossos pontos fracos.
you find the sin
encontramos o pecado
and again through your life,
e lutamos contra esse pecado.
that suffering,
taught to recognize
and how to combat it.
with an Adam I mentality
com a mentalidade do Adão I
about Adam II.
com o Adão II.
can be achieved in our lifetime;
pode ser conquistado na nossa vida;
be saved by hope.
de ser salvos pela esperança.
beautiful or good makes
imediato da História;
can be accomplished alone;
pode ser feito sozinho;
be saved by love.
or foe as from our own standpoint.
do nosso amigo ou inimigo
by that final form of love,
por essa forma final de 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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