What Makes a Ridiculously Awesome Life? 3 Things. That’s it.
Most of time, it has little to do with your work.
In 2006, I picked up a book by Robin Sharma — the title sounded interesting. It read, The Monk who sold his Ferrari. As I was reading through it, one thought made me sit up — “what if today is your last, how will you live it differently?”
That thought deftly tilted my perspective. I have been noodling on it ever since. And I spotted a trend.
Through the years, my vision of what I would do on that day changes. On the other hand, right at that edge of life, one consistent magic happens. Something I find difficult to crystallize in a normal day — clarity of purpose.
My aha — what is a blur looking forward is lucid and crystal clear when we look back on the life that could have been. Or as Steve Jobs famously echoed at Stanford Commencement speech — “dots connect after the fact.”
Here are three.
1. Pursue. Express. Human spirit says so
What is true for you and me is true for our elderly on the throttles of their life journey. Their regrets are a powerhouse of insights. What happens if you can poll a pool of them?
