David Brooks - The 5 Levels of Character

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  @virginiabaker627 · 8 years ago

  David is a good, bright, honest man.

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  @DeborahPecharo · 1 month ago

  God Bless his Holding A Standard of Civility- a long lost art in America

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  @keiththompson2289 · 5 years ago

  It's a shame that people like this don't run for president instead of the vile politicians we get now. I'm guessing that no honest, sincere man would ever even want the job.

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  @airforce79 · 2 years ago

  We, as a society, as a people, as individuals, never truly know what someone else is going through or what they've had to endure.  We don't walk in their shoes or have the opportunity to see life through their eyes.  Therefore, we dare not stand in judgment.  The best we can do is stand ready to learn from those who come into our lives to offer experiences.

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• FL

  @Flyinhi-o9n · 2 months ago

  During those long road trips...I ❤ listening to his talks.

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  @carringtonlefayette8644 · 6 years ago

  David is the calm voice in the wilderness for me. I listen to him speak on djt and I feel uplifted.

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  @ebbandari · 3 years ago

  Interesting talk. &nbsp;I haven&apos;t read the book, but his description (rather than definition) of character -- whether transactional or transcendental -- comes with some level of permanence. It doesn&apos;t have to. <br>It doesn&apos;t have to, and he hints at it. I&apos;m hungry, but you need it more now, here&apos;s my food. I know this will backfire and hurt my career my life even my loved ones, but I see wrong that hurts many, I&apos;m going to be a whistle blower.<br>Character is not discipline! Sometimes it&apos;s the opposite &nbsp;I&apos;m a general, I serve a crooked president as his chief of staff. I do my best to minimize the damage. When fired, I leave quietly because I&apos;m deciplined. Wrong! It takes strength of character to say, &nbsp;this is what I saw and we need to stop this. Or yes I was a general. &nbsp;Yes Im disciplined. Yes I&apos;m the secretary of state. But this war is unjust, I&apos;ll reasoned, and wrong. It would take a lack of character and genuine discipline to go on<br> and I&apos;ll sacrifice for my country to stop this. Now that&apos;s the correct sense of duty and that takes character. <br>So it doesn&apos;t have to permanent. It takes a solid character to do the right thing when it matters regardless. It takes a lot of luck to do something good that also brings you joy, and to it long term, and it takes character to pursue it.

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• JH

  @jhinton129 · 8 years ago

  I love this man and he makes complete sense to me and explains much of what is wrong with our country today.

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• CA

  @catatonicbug7522 · 4 months ago

  This is the second video I&apos;ve ever seen with David Brooks, and I had to listen to both of them twice to be sure I absorbed all the content. I will be looking for more of his stuff!

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  @cowardcrop7714 · 8 years ago

  The stoic system is not based on suppression of emotion.

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  @UTEXTRACK · 4 years ago

  One of my favorite writers. He’s one of the few truly objective columnists.

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  @usolargirl · 7 years ago

  For children to learn character read them stories written by mystics, and then the children will know that this level of depth has a value and some of the tales may resonate with how they would like to live.

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