This Is Water by David Foster Wallace

A book that has the capacity to change you and really change your perspective on leadership – says Pete Hamill, author and consultant.

”I would offer it as a counterpoint to a book on leadership. This is a book on leadership but in a subtle roundabout way. It’s a book on living really.” David Foster Wallace gave a commencement address at Kenyon College in 2005, which has since been published as a book. You can also hear a recording of the speech here.

“What Foster Wallace draws attention to in the commencement address, is not the big issues of life, and the big challenges of global existence but the moment by moment choices we have in how we use our thinking and our intellect, and what impact that has upon us – that’s what I love about this book.“

Pete Hamill thinks it’s an incredibly profound book that has the capacity to really change your perspective on living life. It’s a very short read, but it’s a very profound reflection or meditation on living.

This is Water by David Foster Wallace was recommended by Pete Hamill – check out our interview with him on embodied leadership.

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