If you want a better life, start thinking about death. Number 1 lesson from old people -- LIFE IS SHORT They’re instead trying to offer a perspective that they hope will inspire better decisions—ones that prioritize the things that really matter. The implications of managing the short time we have on earth are like those of managing any scarce resource: you have to use it wisely—in a way that prioritizes what’s most important. Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to lose. [[Death is the ultimate motivator]]