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This morning I had a shock. My friend, who trained in cardiac surgery along with me, died in a road accident. He was 42 years old. Was just approaching his best years as a highly skilled professional.

I was numb. Went through the motions all day automatically, as my mind grappled with the news, struggled to come to terms with this reality.

Life is uncertain. It could end anytime. Even tomorrow.

And all of a sudden, everything took on a new urgency. I found myself re-thinking many elements of my life. Studying plans I had made for 'some day soon'.

It's amazing how many irrelevancies we allow to clutter up our lives, consuming every waking moment of our thoughts, pushing to the back-burner the worthier, higher value, critical and important things.

I'm reading two wonderful books by Donald Trump. 'Think Like a Billionaire' and 'How To Get Rich' are fantastic insights into a person who loves life, lives it to the hilt, and does big things by working hard. In context with today's shock, the lessons Trump shares became many times more impactful.

For years, I've had a dream (click here to read about it). Worked my way steadily towards it. Against odds, not really knowing if it will work, yet trying. Today, the dream is more real than ever before.

But today, I realized it hasn't happened as early as it might have. And part of the reason is I've been acting at less than my best speed. That's because I thought I could get it done 'by next week' or 'by next month' or 'by next year'.

Now, I realize no one guarantees tomorrow.

In the words of N.S.C.Bose, "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may never come. Today is yours. Act. Act. Act."

On the Warrior forum, I read a post by a friend. He asked: ""What Now?"
Tell me... what do you do (or did you do) to find 'Life' goals and purpose? How much is enough?"

And as I thought about this question, answers crystallized in my mind. Answers to the questions AS ASKED BY MYSELF of me.

Big hairy audacious goals demand big sustained action. I've not followed through. That's about to change.

My wife and I spent an hour discussing a huge project we had shelved for far too long. Each time it came up for study, we had put it off for 'another day'. Today was that day. It has been broken down into components. Work will begin on it immediately. The deadline for completion has been shrunk to a third of the original estimate.

Awareness of the limited time available to us has this effect.

For the n'th time, I listened to Steve Jobs' address on graduation day at Stanford University (June 2005). Several things he said took on a new, more intense, personal meaning.

"...for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

"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.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."