David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?

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So I've been thinking about the difference between

Dakle, razmišljao sam o razlici između

the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues.

životopisnih vrlina i vrlina za posmrtni govor.

The résumé virtues are the ones you put on your résumé,

Životopisne vrline jesu one koje stavljate u životopis,

which are the skills you bring to the marketplace.

poput vještina koje donosite na tržište.

The eulogy virtues are the ones

Vještine za posmrtni govor su one

that get mentioned in the eulogy,

koje se spomenu u vašem posmrtnom govoru,

which are deeper: who are you, in your depth,

koje su dublje; tko ste, vaša nutrina,

what is the nature of your relationships,

obilježja vaših odnosa s drugima,

are you bold, loving, dependable, consistency?

jeste li hrabri, srdačni, pouzdani, dosljedni?

And most of us, including me, would say

I većina nas, uključujući i mene samog, bi rekla

that the eulogy virtues are the more important of the virtues.

da su od tih dviju vrsta vrlina vrline za posmrtni govor važnije.

But at least in my case, are they the ones that

No, bar u mom slučaju, jesu li one te o kojima

I think about the most? And the answer is no.

najviše razmišljam? Odgovor je, ne.

So I've been thinking about that problem,

Stoga sam razmišljao o tom problemu,

and a thinker who has helped me think about it

i mislilac koji mi je pomogao u razmišljanju o tome

is a guy named Joseph Soloveitchik, who was a rabbi

jest Joseph Soloveitchik, i bio je rabin

who wrote a book called "The Lonely Man Of Faith" in 1965.

koji je napisao knjigu "Usamljeni vjernik" 1965. g.

Soloveitchik said there are two sides of our natures,

Soloveitchik je rekao da naše biće ima dvije strane,

which he called Adam I and Adam II.

koje je nazivao Adam I i Adam II.

Adam I is the worldly, ambitious,

Adam I je svjetovna, ambiciozna,

external side of our nature.

vanjska strana naše prirode.

He wants to build, create, create companies,

Želi graditi, stvarati, osnivati tvrtke,

create innovation.

uvoditi inovacije.

Adam II is the humble side of our nature.

Adam II je krotka strana čovječje prirode.

Adam II wants not only to do good but to be good,

Adam II ne želi samo raditi dobro nego i biti dobar,

to live in a way internally

živjeti na način koji iznutra

that honors God, creation and our possibilities.

poštuje Boga, stvaranje i sve naše mogućnosti.

Adam I wants to conquer the world.

Adam I želi pokoriti svijet.

Adam II wants to hear a calling and obey the world.

Adam II želi čuti svoj poziv i služiti svijetu.

Adam I savors accomplishment.

Adam I uživa u uspješnosti.

Adam II savors inner consistency and strength.

Adam II uživa unutarnju dosljednost i snagu.

Adam I asks how things work.

Adam I se pita kako stvari rade.

Adam II asks why we're here.

Adam II se pita zašto smo ovdje.

Adam I's motto is "success."

Moto Adama I je "uspjeh."

Adam II's motto is "love, redemption and return."

Moto Adama II je "ljubav, pokajanje i povratak."

And Soloveitchik argued that these two sides

I Soloveitchik se zalagao za to da su ove dvije strane

of our nature are at war with each other.

naše prirode zaraćene, jedna protiv druge

We live in perpetual self-confrontation

Živimo u neprekidnom samo-sukobu

between the external success and the internal value.

između vanjskog uspjeha i unutarnje vrijednosti.

And the tricky thing, I'd say, about these

I problem je, rekao bih, u svezi ovih

two sides of our nature is they work

naših dviju strana, što ih navode

by different logics.

različite logike.

The external logic is an economic logic:

Vanjska logika je ekonomična logika:

input leads to output, risk leads to reward.

uzrok donosi posljedicu, rizik donosi nagradu.

The internal side of our nature

Nutarnja strana naše prirode

is a moral logic and often an inverse logic.

je moralna logika, i počesto obrnuta logika.

You have to give to receive.

Trebaš dati da bi primio.

You have to surrender to something outside yourself

Trebaš se predati nečemu izvan sebe

to gain strength within yourself.

da bi izgradio unutarnju snagu.

You have to conquer the desire to get what you want.

Trebaš pokoriti želju kako bi dobio ono što želiš.

In order to fulfill yourself, you have to forget yourself.

Da bi se ispunio, trebaš se zaboraviti.

In order to find yourself, you have to lose yourself.

Trebaš se izgubiti kako bi se našao.

We happen to live in a society that favors Adam I,

Živimo u društvu koje daje prvenstvo Adamu I,

and often neglects Adam II.

a često zanemaruje Adama II.

And the problem is, that turns you into a shrewd animal

I problem je u tome što vas to pretvara u prepredenu životinju

who treats life as a game,

koja se životu odnosi kao prema igri

and you become a cold, calculating creature

i postajete hladno, proračunato stvorenje

who slips into a sort of mediocrity

koje se uljulja u jednu vrstu osrednjosti

where you realize there's a difference

u kojoj shvaćate da ima razlike

between your desired self and your actual self.

između vašeg željenog 'ja' i vašeg stvarnog 'ja'.

You're not earning the sort of eulogy you want,

Ne zarađujete vrstu posmrtnog govora kakvog želite,

you hope someone will give to you.

za koju se nadate da će vam biti dana.

You don't have the depth of conviction.

Nemate dubinskih uvjerenja.

You don't have an emotional sonorousness.

Nemate emocionalni sklad, zvučnost.

You don't have commitment to tasks

Niste posvećeni radnjama

that would take more than a lifetime to commit.

koje zahtijevaju posvećivanje više od jednog života.

I was reminded of a common response through history

Podsjetilo me na opći odgovor povijesti na to

of how you build a solid Adam II,

kako izgraditi čvrstog Adama II,

how you build a depth of character.

kako izgraditi dubok karakter.

Through history, people have gone back

Kroz povijest ljudi su se vraćali

into their own pasts,

u vlastitu prošlost,

sometimes to a precious time in their life,

ponekad u vrijedni trenutak u njihovom životu,

to their childhood,

u njihovo djetinjstvo,

and often, the mind gravitates in the past

i potom često um teži u prošlosti nekom

to a moment of shame,

trentku srama,

some sin committed, some act of selfishness,

nekog počinjenog grijeha, nekog sebičnog čina,

an act of omission, of shallowness,

činu izostavljanja, plitkosti

the sin of anger, the sin of self-pity,

grijehu bijesa, grijehu samosažaljenja,

trying to be a people-pleaser, a lack of courage.

pokušavanju da se udovolji svima, nedostatku hrabrosti,

Adam I is built by building on your strengths.

Adam I se izgrađuje izgrađivanjem svojih jakih strana.

Adam II is built by fighting your weaknesses.

Adam II se izgrađuje borbom protiv vlastitih slabosti.

You go into yourself, you find the sin

Uđete u sebe, nađete grijeh

which you've committed over and again through your life,

koji ste počinili iznova i iznova u toku svog života,

your signature sin

grijeh s vašim potpisom

out of which the others emerge,

iz kojeg ostali grijesi proizlaze

and you fight that sin and you wrestle with that sin,

i borite se protiv tog grijeha i hrvate se s njim,

and out of that wrestling, that suffering,

i iz tog hrvanja, te patnje,

then a depth of character is constructed.

izgrađuje se duboki karakter.

And we're often not taught to recognize

I često nas ne uče prepoznati

the sin in ourselves,

grijeh unutar nas,

in that we're not taught in this culture

i nismo naučeni u ovoj kulturi

how to wrestle with it,

kako se hrvati s njim,

how to confront it, and how to combat it.

kako mu se suprotstaviti i kako se boriti protiv njega.

We live in a culture with an Adam I mentality

Živimo u kulturi Adam I mentaliteta

where we're inarticulate about Adam II.

u kojoj smo neuki u svezi Adama II.

Finally, Reinhold Niebuhr

Na kraju, Reinhold Niebuhr

summed up the confrontation, the fully lived

je zaokružio taj sukob, potpuno proživljen

Adam I and Adam II life, this way:

život s Adamom I i Adamom II, na ovaj način:

"Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime;

"Ništa što je vrijedno ne postiže se za našeg života;

therefore we must be saved by hope.

stoga nas mora spasiti nada.

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes

Ništa istinito, lijepo ili dobro nema

complete sense in any immediate context of history;

nikakvog smisla u tom trenutnom kontekstu povijesti;

therefore we must be saved by faith.

stoga nas mora spasiti vjera.

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone;

Ništa što učinimo, ma kako čestito, ne možemo postići sami;

therefore we must be saved by love.

stoga nas mora spasiti ljubav.

No virtuous act is quite as virtuous

Ni jedan čestit čin nije tako čestit

from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own standpoint.

iz gledišta našeg prijatelja ili neprijatelja, kao što je iz našeg gledišta.

Therefore we must be saved by that final form of love,

Stoga nas mora spasiti posljednji oblik ljubavi,

which is forgiveness.”

a to je oprost."

Thanks.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

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