A short YouTube monologue (by James Laughlin) recounting a conversation in which the speaker asks a guest what the best piece of advice they've received was. The guest relays a mentor's last words: if he could live again he'd (1) take risks sooner, (2) dive in deeper, and (3) change his relationship with fear — framed as powerful life-guidance.
I interviewed somebody today, and I asked this question that I really want to share the answer to because it hit home. And one of the last questions I always ask is, what's the best piece of advice you've ever been given? And the lady that I had on said, well, I actually asked that to one of my mentors when he was on his deathbed. Very successful man. Didn't last much longer than this question. And I said, if you could go back and live your life again, what would you do differently? And he said three things. I would take risks. Sooner I would dive in deeper. I would change my relationship with fear. Very powerful.
