Jim Kwik frames life as the interval between birth and death, shaped by cumulative choices about food, relationships, learning, and career. He argues that difficult times either diminish, distract, or develop you, and your response determines which.
Life is C between B and D. B stands for what? Birth. D stands for death. Life, C, choice. We are the sum total of all the choices we've made up to this point. Like, what are we going to eat? Where are we going to live? Who are we going to spend time with? What are we going to feed our minds? What are we going to do as a career? What are we going to study? All that. So I believe choice is the ultimate power. You have a choice and you always control the controllables. But these are the things that make the biggest difference in your life when it comes to choice, that these difficult times, they could diminish us. These difficult times can distract us, or these difficult times, they could develop us. We ultimately finally decide.
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