If You Don’t Want To Regret Your Life 30 Years Later, Make This One Choice Right Now
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Definition Of Hell: “On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.” — Unknown
By the time you move out of your parents’ home, you’ve already spent 93% of the time that you will ever spend with them (if they live far away).
Conversely, as a parent, you will only see your kids a handful of times per year once they move out.
Our career is just 80,000 hours. There are only one or two things we can become truly world-class at if we go all out.
Tim Urban beautifully captures the shortness of life in this graphic:
Each diamond is one year. One winter filled with sledding and building snowmen. One spring full of flowers. One summer for enjoying the beach…