Not dying mediocre

Dying is part of living. Looking at COVID, I sometimes think we forget that. Dying a good death should also be part of how you approach life. Hence “Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day”. And a tip-off from a contact on LinkedIn. Thank you Mohan Magotra.

Life is no brief candle

This is how the book starts; George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”

Legacy

Your days are finite. One day, they will run out. It is all a question of legacy. The question then is“Did the work I did today really matter?” How much of your day do you spend doing work that you’ll be proud of later? The great problems we see in the world today will not be solved by people functioning at half capacity, cranking out work they don’t care about in order to buy more things that will eventually rust or rot. The key to long-term success is a willingness to disrupt your own comfort for the sake of continued growth.

Purpose

You have a unique contribution to make to the world, and no one else can make your…