The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. We all know that the eulogy virtues are more important than the résumé ones.
Belpres Church
Resume vs eulogy virtues. I do remember at both my grandfathers funerals both eulogy and resume virtues were mentioned. 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. Can we balance these two selves. September 26 2014 at 1032 am. I think eulogy virtues are what maya angelou is referring to by how you make people feel. Within each of us are two selves suggests david brooks in this meditative short talk.
I love the idea of resume virtues vs eulogy virtues. But our culture and our educational systems spend more time teaching the skills and strategies you need for career. Interesting to think about. As a stay at home mom my resume virtues dwindle by the day but my eulogy virtues grow. How different would we live our lives if instead of handing out resumes we handed out eulogies. The moral bucket list developed the concept that there are two sets of virtues the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues.
March 22 2017 by ty bennett. One was a fire captain the other a business executive. As brooks says resume virtues are about career success and eulogy virtues are about your inner light and inner character including qualities like kindness honesty with self and with others maturity and capacity to love. Joseph soloveitchik has called these selves adam i and adam ii brooks asks.