{"id":15718,"date":"2024-10-13T12:33:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/life-is-short-and-so-is-this-book-brief-thoughts-on-making-the-most-of-your-life\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T12:33:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:33:38","slug":"life-is-short-and-so-is-this-book-brief-thoughts-on-making-the-most-of-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/life-is-short-and-so-is-this-book-brief-thoughts-on-making-the-most-of-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Life is Short And So Is This Book: Brief Thoughts On Making The Most Of Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n Life is short. You can, if you work hard and are lucky, get more of almost anything, but you can\u2019t get more time. Time only goes one way. The average American has a lifespan of less than 30,000 days. So how you choose to live matters. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s the topic of this book. I don\u2019t pretend to have all the answers. I\u2019m still learning every day, and many of the good ideas here I\u2019ve picked up from other people either directly or by reading. But this is what\u2019s worked for me. <\/p>\n

Like life, this book is short. Many books I read could communicate their ideas in fewer pages. So I\u2019ve tried to be brief in line with the wise person who noted: \u201cIf I\u2019d had more time I would have written a shorter letter\u201d. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think brevity implies lack of content. The concepts here have improved the quality of my life, and I hope they\u2019re useful to you as well. <\/p>\n

Using these concepts, I have created a life I love. My job doesn\u2019t feel like work. I love and respect the people with whom I spend time. And I\u2019m also passionate about my life outside work. I\u2019ve learned how to create a balance that makes me happy between work and other interests, including my family, friends and exercise. Sadly I think that\u2019s rare. And yet, while I know I\u2019m lucky, most people can work towards those goals in their own lives. <\/p>\n

My interest in making the most of my life began when I was just starting college, but when I was in my mid-thirties a boss I admired died of cancer. He was young. He had a great wife; he had three young children; he had a fantastic career — he had everything in life. He just didn\u2019t have enough time. So, while I\u2019d often thought about how to get the most out of life, the death of someone so young and vital increased my sense of urgency to act on it. <\/p>\n

One of the things I\u2019ve always wanted to do was to work for myself. As a result, I left an exciting job at Microsoft in 2001 amidst the Internet bust to found the investing firm I now run. It was hard to do, both financially and emotionally. When I left Microsoft, many people \u2013 friends, family, and even some of the press – thought I was deluding myself to start a fund focused on Internet-related companies during a market crash. A press quote from the time said: “Call him a little crazy. Call him a little nuts.” I\u2019d never seen that type of coverage before. And, in a sense, the press was right; the business wasn\u2019t easy to start. Fortunately, from a vantage point of ten years down the road, it\u2019s worked out quite well. <\/p>\n

A key part of my job is reading and thinking about a broad variety of topics. So writing this book was relatively easy. It\u2019s even easier to read. But, like many things in life, actually executing each day on these concepts is extremely difficult. With thanks to Thomas Edison, life is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Even so, I hope you have fun perspiring.<\/p>\n

Peter Atkins
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Seattle, WA
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December, 2010 <\/p>\n

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Publisher \u200f : \u200e (March 7, 2011)
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File size \u200f : \u200e 518 KB
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Print length \u200f : \u200e 63 pages <\/p>\n

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