Jim Kwik visits senior centers and hears a consistent regret: people spent their lives meeting others' expectations instead of their own. When death approaches, he says, only laughter, love, learning, and authenticity matter. Start now with mortality in mind to avoid that regret.
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When I'm in these senior centers, I gain a lot of wisdom because I didn't have those grandparents that pass on that information, the life experience. I believe the life you live are the lessons you teach. But I also hear regret. They didn't pursue a relationship because of what people thought about that relationship. Or maybe they chose a career path because it was expected of them by their parents. When we're taking our final breaths, and it's not a positive thing to think about maybe, but beginning with the end in mind and making the most of your time, when you're taking your final breaths, none of other people's opinions None of our opinions or expectations are gonna matter. None of our fears are gonna matter at the moment. What's gonna matter are the things like how we laughed, how we loved, how we learned, how we lived. And knowing that could inform what we do today, because tomorrow is not guaranteed. While change and growth is scary, nothing is as scarier as regret or being stuck somewhere you're not supposed to be. Yeah.
