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How to Find Your Own Path - Dr Fiona Buckland, PhD

The Weekend University

CHAPTER

The Importance of Shifting Perspective With Mortality

The reality of life is that it will one day end. I ask people to shift perspective to the end of their lives and imagine themselves as an old person looking back. And I asked them, what are your most treasures memories, what are you most proud of. What did other people learn from you? It gives us the opportunity to say, Oh, well, what am I going to regret. Not in the sense of seeing life as a bucket list that you've got to tick off but actually understanding what's ultimately really important.

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