Personal Renewal英语演讲经典值得收藏.docx
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PersonalRenewal英语演讲经典值得收藏
“PersonalRenewal”
deliveredby JOHNW.GARDNER
Background
JohnW.GardnerwastheSecretaryofHealth,Education,andWelfareunderPresidentLyndonJohnson,anactivistandauthor,andrecipientofthe1964PresidentialMedalofFreedom.ThisspeechwasdeliveredtoMcKinsey&CompanyonNovember10,1990.
SpeechTranscript
I'mgoingtotalkabout“Self-Renewal.”Oneofyourmostfundamentaltasksistherenewaloftheorganizationsyouserve,andthatusuallyincludespersuadingthetopofficerstoaccomplishacertainamountofself-renewal.Buttohelpyouthinkaboutothersisnotmyprimarymissionthismorning.Iwanttohelpyouthinkaboutyourselves.
Itakethatmissionveryseriously,andI'vewrittenoutwhatIhavetosaybecauseIwanteverysentencetohititstarget.Iknowagooddealaboutthekindofworkyoudoandknowhowdemandingitis.ButI'mnotgoingtotalkaboutthespecialproblemsofyourkindofcareer;I'mgoingtotalkaboutsomebasicproblemsofthelifecyclethatwillsurelyhityouifyou'renotreadyforthem.
Ioncewroteabookcalled“Self-Renewal”thatdealswiththedecayandrenewalofsocieties,organizationsandindividuals.Iexploredthequestionofwhycivilizationsdieandhowtheysometimesrenewthemselves,andthepuzzleofwhysomemenandwomengotoseedwhileothersremainvitalalloftheirlives.It'sthelatterquestionthatIshalldealwithatthistime.Iknowthatyouasanindividualarenotgoingtoseed.Butthepersonseatedonyourrightmaybeinfairlyseriousdanger.
Notlongago,Ireadasplendidarticleonbarnacles.Idon'twanttogivethewrongimpressionofthefocusofmyreadinginterests.Sometimesdaysgobywithoutmyreadingaboutbarnacles,muchlessrememberingwhatIread.Butthisarticlehadanunforgettableopeningparagraph.“Thebarnacle”theauthorexplained“isconfrontedwithanexistentialdecisionaboutwhereit'sgoingtolive.Onceitdecides...itspendstherestofitslifewithitsheadcementedtoarock..”Endofquote.Foragoodmanyofus,itcomestothat.
We'veallseenmenandwomen,evenonesinfortunatecircumstanceswithresponsiblepositionswhoseemtorunoutofsteaminmidcareer.
Onemustbecompassionateinassessingthereasons.Perhapslifejustpresentedthemwithtougherproblemsthantheycouldsolve.Ithappens.Perhapssomethinginflictedamajorwoundontheirconfidenceortheirself-esteem.Perhapstheywerepulleddownbythehiddenresentmentsandgrievancesthatgrowinadultlife,sometimessoluxuriantlythat,liketangledvines,theyimmobilizethevictim.You'veknownsuchpeople—feelingsecretlydefeated,maybesomewhatsourandcynical,orperhapsjustvaguelydispirited.Ormaybetheyjustransohardforsolongthatsomewherealongthelinetheyforgotwhatitwastheywererunningfor.
I'mnottalkingaboutpeoplewhofailtogettothetopinachievement.Wecan'tallgettothetop,andthatisn'tthepointoflifeanyway.I'mtalkingaboutpeoplewho—nomatterhowbusytheyseemtobe—havestoppedlearningorgrowing.Manyofthemarejustgoingthroughthemotions.Idon'tderidethat.Lifeishard.Justtokeeponkeepingonissometimesanactofcourage.ButIdoworryaboutmenandwomenfunctioningfarbelowtheleveloftheirpotential.
Wehavetofacethefactthatmostmenandwomenoutthereintheworldofworkaremorestalethantheyknow,moreboredthantheywouldcaretoadmit.Boredomisthesecretailmentoflarge-scaleorganizations.Someonesaidtometheotherday“HowcanIbesoboredwhenI'msobusy?
”AndIsaid“Letmecounttheways.”LoganPearsallSmithsaidthatboredomcanrisetothelevelofamysticalexperience,andifthat'strueIknowsomeverybusymiddlelevelexecutiveswhoareamongthegreatmysticsofalltime.
Wecan'twriteoffthedangerofcomplacency,growingrigidity,imprisonmentbyourowncomfortablehabitsandopinions.Lookaroundyou.Howmanypeoplewhomyouknowwell—peopleevenyoungerthanyourselves–arealreadytrappedinfixedattitudesandhabits.AfamousFrenchwritersaid“Therearepeoplewhoseclocksstopatacertainpointintheirlives.”IcouldwithoutanytroublenameahalfofadozennationalfiguresresidentinWashington,D.C.,whomyouwouldrecognize,andcouldtellyouroughlytheyeartheirclockstopped.Iwon'tdoitbecauseIstillhavetodealwiththemperiodically.
I'vewatchedalotofmid-careerpeople,andYogiBerrasaysyoucanobservealotjustbywatching.I'veconcludedthatmostpeopleenjoylearningandgrowing.Andmanyaredearlytroubledbytheself-assessmentsofmid-career.
Suchself-assessmentsarenogreatproblematyourage.You'reyoungandmovingup.Thedramaofyourownriseisenough.Butwhenyoureachmiddleage,whenyourenergiesaren'twhattheyusedtobe,thenyou'llbegintowonderwhatit
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