Name: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
Uploaded: 2014-04-14T15:09:06Z
Duration: 4 min 47 s
Description: Within each of us are two selves, suggests David Brooks in this meditative short talk: the self who craves success, who builds a résumé, and the self who seeks connection, community, love -- the values that make for a great eulogy. (Joseph Soloveitchik has called these selves "Adam I" and "Adam II.") Brooks asks: Can we balance these two selves?

Within each of us are two selves, suggests David Brooks in this meditative short talk: the self who craves success, who builds a résumé, and the self who seeks connection, community, love -- the values that make for a great eulogy. (Joseph Soloveitchik has called these selves "Adam I" and "Adam II.") Brooks asks: Can we balance these two selves?

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

Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?

psychology