Live Your Life by Attending Your Funeral
It is one of the most important lessons we boomer males should have learned by now. And for me, it was best captured in Stephen Covey’s book, “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” with more than 25 million copies sold in 40 different languages.
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“Begin with the end in mind.”
— Stephen Covey
Of these seven, I believe that “begin with the end in mind” is the most important. It gives you a quick and easy reminder of how we should live our life every day we breathe. He specifically states “envision what you want
in the future so that you know concretely what to make a reality.”
Covey goes on to suggest you observe your memorial service. And asks you to consider what would you want your family and friends to say about you.
Do they use words like “compassionate,” “successful” or “provider”?
Or phrases like “hard-working,” “a true family man” or “fiercely loyal friend?”
Have you lived your life that way? In other words, do your daily actions mirror the kind of things you want said about you when people reflect on your life.
If so, you’ve learned a powerful lesson and are living a fulfilled life.
If not, may I remind you it’s never too late to be what you might have been. Just begin with the end in mind.
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Live well.
In my book 51 Life Lessons Every Boomer Male Should Have Learned by Now, I write about key lessons that I believe every evolved boomer male needs to know to make his third act his best. They fall into one of three categories: health, wealth and happiness. Each lesson serves to inspire and motivate you.
More About Attending Your Funeral
There’s a lesson on attending your own funeral in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Scrooge is shown his dismal funeral by the ghost of Christmas Future and Scrooge is shaken enough to change his ways. We have more about how Dickens saved his career with this seemingly simple tale in another post on the website.
