Life Is Not Short
Life is not short, it is finite: there is a clear, definitive end and we do not know when it comes, and that is what should drive you to spend your time on what matters.
Dandapani takes apart the common phrase that life is short, pointing out that three hours in traffic already feels like eternity. He replaces it with the word finite and asks you to use that as the daily impetus for a more focused life.
What this talk covers
- Everyone keeps saying life is short, but life is anything but short.
- Three hours stuck in traffic feels like an eternity, so if three hours is long, life cannot be called short.
- If you were to live five years, that is a really long time.
- Life is finite. There is a clear, definitive end to it, and we simply do not know when that end is.
- Wake up each day and tell yourself your life is finite, and use that as the impetus to spend your time and energy on the things and people that matter to you.
Life is not short, but life is finite.Dandapani
Questions
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No. He says life is anything but short and asks people to stop saying it. If three hours in traffic feels like eternity, then by the same measure a lifetime is long.
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It means there is a clear, definitive end to life, and we do not know when that end will come. That is a different fact from life being short, and it is the one worth waking up to each day.
Transcript
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Everyone thinks life is short. Everyone keeps saying life is short. But life is anything but short. Life is finite.
And here's why. Imagine you're stuck in traffic for three hours. Do you ever think that's short? You think that's eternity.
So if three hours is long, how can you say life is short? If you were to live for five years, that's a really, really long time.
Life is not short, but life is finite. There's a clear, definitive end to life We just don't know when that end is, but life is anything but short. So stop saying that life is short.
You can wake up every day and tell yourself that your life is finite and use that as an impetus to help you drive to live a more focused life so that you can spend your time and energy that you have on the things and people that matter to you.