May 16, 2013 This is Water
One of my best friends is graduating college this month and I couldn’t be any happier for him. He spent most of his “college years” serving his nation in the Army so it’s great to finally see him accomplish this feat. His graduation reminded me how much I truly enjoy graduation speeches and got me excited to see the many videos that will inevitably be shared on YouTube in the coming months.
There is one particular video that has been making its rounds in the social atmosphere lately by David Foster Wallace. He gave this speech in May 2005 but someone recently uploaded it to YouTube sync’d up with some video. It has already received close to five million views with no end in sight. Unfortunately, David committed suicide back in 2008, ironically, from severe depression…but needless to say, his “This is Water” speech is still one of the best I have ever heard.
A recent article I read mentioned that everyone, and not just entrepreneurs, should constantly be searching for things that inspire them. I would say this speech could fall into that category.