Chapel Talk, 2010 October 20: Better / Will Speers

Dean of Faculty and longtime English teacher Will Speers discusses the idea of getting and being better. "Ultimately, we must dedicate our very beings to perpetuate the eternal: we only get better when we enhance the lives of others. That’s the pinnacle of collaboration. My improvement is valid purely in the service of someone else; otherwise, it’s ego-driven, selfish, greedy. But when we embrace our moral compulsion to advance our families, this School, our country and world, then we regenerate our foundation and relationships and communities to be better than we alone could ever be." Will references Atul Gawande's book, Better, throughout his talk.