A brief two-speaker dialogue reflecting on mortality, aging, and perspective: speakers discuss how perspective (not age) shapes goals and motives, the focus on endings rather than peaks, reactions to a book that reframes difficult topics, and how acceptance, control, and positivity influence quality of life across the human journey.
Life's fragility is primed. People's goals and motives in their everyday lives shift completely. It's perspective, not age, that matters the most.
The thing with this book, it makes you look at a subject that you wouldn't normally want to think about and it gives it a different perspective.
It's not about peaks, it's endings.
When you read a book, do you do tabs?
Sometimes. If I'm really naughty, I'll take a highlighter.
You think highlighters are naughty? We're really naughty here then how many industries are created because of people trying to appear younger, feel younger.
People, want control?
Pointing people in the direction of positivity and hope and acceptance really does change somebody's quality of life from the inside out?
Absolutely. It's not just at a point at the end of life, it's the entire human journey.
Okay, so the big question how did Being Mortal by Atul Gawande change your life.
