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Power, purpose, and the American presidency with Jared Cohen | from ReThinking with Adam Grant

2025/2/17
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Jared Cohen: 我对美国总统有一种不健康的痴迷,这体现在一些奇怪的方式上。我会收藏总统的奇特物品,喜欢拥有这些能让你感觉存在于过去的历史碎片。没有比离开美国总统职位更具戏剧性的退休或解雇了,你会从拥有比世界上任何人都大的权力,变成带着嘴套生活,并感到没有什么可以实现的。我们都会在人生的不同阶段问自己接下来是什么,而“退休”实际上更像是一种幻象、过渡和里程碑。很少有美国总统在卸任后有好的经历,他们陷入了清算旧账,变得脾气暴躁,有些人酗酒,甚至有人加入了邦联。健康、财务、破裂的关系和缺乏目标等因素,共同导致许多总统卸任后的生活非常不愉快。我关注了托马斯·杰斐逊创立弗吉尼亚大学,约翰·昆西·亚当斯成为众议院废奴主义者的领袖,格罗弗·克利夫兰成功卷土重来,威廉·霍华德·塔夫脱最终实现了担任最高法院首席大法官的梦想。我还关注了赫伯特·胡佛,他在大萧条的打击后,走上了一条为世界服务的漫长复苏之路,以及吉米·卡特,他找到了一种作为前总统创造永无止境的总统生涯的方式,还有乔治·W·布什,他找到了一种完全摆脱过去的方式。乔治·W·布什的受欢迎程度上升了,但他在这方面的投入比其他任何人都少,这很值得研究。我认为只有七位总统值得深入研究,他们有一些共同点,但每个人追求权力后的生活方式都截然不同,代表了七种不同的原型。在我们人生的各个过渡阶段,无论是早期、中期还是晚期,都没有完美的蓝图或剧本告诉我们如何正确地度过。

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What do the most powerful people in the world do after they've achieved success? Jared Cohen is a history buff and a presidential historian. His latest book, “Life After Power),” is a fascinating exploration about what seven American presidents did after leaving the most influential job in the world. In this episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant, another podcast in the TED Audio Collective, Adam and Jared discuss the psychology of the founding fathers, debate the pros and cons of pursuing a legacy, and share what these historic figures can teach us all about pursuing and finding purpose.

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