"Personal Renewal" was given as a speech by John W. Gardner to a group at McKinsey & Company in Phoenix, AZ on November 10, 1990. ⁠The transcript is available at PBS here⁠.

John W. Gardner was a public servant, educator, and public reformer. ⁠Learn more at PBS⁠.

This is one of my favorite things I've ever read. I hope you are similarly inspired.

Transcript and audio for the also mentioned David Foster Wallace's "This is Water" ⁠available here, from Farnam Street⁠.