Recently I came across a wonderful and brief TED Talk of about five minutes on the subject of "Eulogy versus Resume". The question being taken up is whether we should focus our time and energy on building our resume, or if we should live our lives in such a way that it gives people good things to say as part of our eulogy?
The speaker is David Brooks, who is the author of several books and appears as the balancing / conservative voice in several forums such as NY Times, PBS and NPR. While I have not read any of David's books, I have come to admire his perspective even though my politics can be different than his at times. In this talk he appears emotional (based on what I know of his voice on weekly NPR programs) at times, almost as if he is choking up at times. I certainly got choked up listening to what David had to share. I would welcome you to take a few minutes to take in this wonderful conversation around what ought to be important in our lives, given our brief time on this planet:
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_brooks_should_you_live_for_your_resume_or_your_eulogy
I think that it is important that we not only take care of meeting our objectives in the workplace, and in our personal lives, but that we also take care of the relationships and situations in which we find ourselves.
How do we balance this huge pressure that we face in our culture to be successful in a worldly sense, with the need to stay connected or grounded in the spiritual reality of our lives?
Are worldly success and spiritual success incompatible?
What does this mean to you:
"Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and all else will be added unto ye."
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