If your 80‑year‑old self could give you one piece of advice for the rest of your years, what would it be?

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25 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Bettina says her 80-year-old self would tell her to stop talking so much. She argues silence and meditation matter more than constant chatter, and that listening beats speaking for real connection and growth.

Questions this video answers

Don't talk much.

know which country Bettina will be at 80 years old, but if that Bettina from the future were to come to you right now and give you one piece of advice on how to lead the rest of your years, what would, what would her advice be to you?
Don't talk much.
Tell me more.
Because the secret of life is in silence. We could be doing this podcast here for a whole hour, just looking to each other, and different feelings will come. In a full hour, in 45 minutes, if we stay looking to each other in 45 minutes, different emotions will come. We could cry. We could laugh without speaking for 45 minutes and it will be amazing. And I learned that on the silence, the magic happens. So I would speak less. That's my advice for myself. That's when I find myself in meditation, when I'm with the clients and I'm able to talk less, we go deeper.