Little Happier: A Lesson Learned from the End of Life: Make Time for the People Who Matter Most

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Eugene O’Kelley’s account of his experience of the end of his life is a reminder that our time and energy are limited, and we need to make sure to give them to the people who matter most to us. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Order a copy of Gretchen’s new book OUTER ORDER, INNER CALM here: http://outerorderinnercalmbook.com Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors. Happier with Gretchen Rubin is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:26.2	the farmersdog.com slash LifeStages23.
0:29.7	I'm Gretchen Drupid and this is a little happier.
0:34.1	Years ago I read the 2008 memoir called Chasing Daylight, How My Fourth Coming Death Transform
0:39.9	My Life by Eugene O'Kelly.
0:42.6	And I've never forgot realization that O'Kelly describes.
0:47.0	Eugene O'Kelly was a highly successful executive.
0:49.4	He was the CEO of KPMG, a major accounting firm.
0:53.2	At the age of 53, he was diagnosed with brain cancer with three months to live.
0:58.1	And he wrote this memoir in the three and a half months between his diagnosis and his
1:02.1	death.
1:03.5	A few nights after his diagnosis had been confirmed, he decided that with his remaining
1:08.1	time, he wanted to quote unwind all his relationships with a truly rich and unforgettable encounter
1:15.0	with each person who'd mattered to him in some way.
1:18.5	He sat down at the table and drew a diagram of several circles, each inside the next.
1:23.8	The outer circle was classmate to acquaintances, past colleagues, neighbors and good people
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