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Before you make your next big decision, imagine yourself at the end of your life.

Are you proud of how you lived?

I was 22 years old, and I had this insane opportunity to take all my meager savings and buy a hostel in San Jose Costa Rica.

Now, there are about a thousand what-ifs and what can go wrongs with a decision like this.

So with the sellers on the phone, like an actual corded phone, I sat on a bed, closed my eyes, and I asked myself, what would my future self think?

That's private wealth advisor Lauren Dealey. In today's talk, she shares why connecting

with your future self can transform the way you approach the choices you make about your

money and career. It can bring more clarity, joy, and intention to the life you're building.

Now, I believe the purpose of life is to be able to get to the end and look back and say,

damn, I live that one.

This talk is made in partnership with Northwestern Mutual.

It's coming up right after a short break.

And now our TED Talk of the Day.

I want you to imagine yourself on your deathbed.

But you're smiling.

Your soul is exhausted and full. What do you look like? What are you wearing? Who's with you? Where are you?

Everything in my life that I'm most proud of, I can attribute to conversations that I've had with someone very important to me.

Her name is Deathbed Dealey.

Let me explain. I have this deep, crystal clear relationship with my future Deathbed self.

She has deep smile lines from a lifetime spent laughing, leathery skin from spending so much time outside, long gray hair,

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