Have you noticed that when we die, our eulogies celebrate our lives very differently from the way society defines success?

Be a go-giver, not a go-getter

What preoccupies us is the way we define success. If you see your life purely in terms of money and power, then everything in your life becomes about 'Am I getting ahead?' and that is truly a barbaric way to live, because it eliminates huge chunks of our humanity.

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Newt Gingrich and his fellow conservative Republicans talked a good game but, despite the lip service they offered about poverty and race and other social issues, they didn't really mean it.

Since fear is such a primal reaction, making the choice to move forward despite fear is an evolved decision that transcends our animal nature.

Eulogies never talk about what was on your resume. Be remembered for how you made people feel and your passions