“Selflessness is the best thing you can do for yourself” is a quote from David McCullough’s 2012 Wellesley High School graduation speech titled “You Are Not Special” —- a controversial speech that immediately went viral —- not just throughout America, but, all around the world.
If you have the time and the interest, here is McCullough’s iconic speech:
A few months after David McCullough’s speech, I invited him to speak to the students and faculty at Foxborough High School. I was delighted when he accepted the invitation because I knew how much he was now in demand as a motivational speaker.