Why wait for a near-death experience to re-evaluate your life?
Today on LinkedIn there is an article about near-death experiences and crises being the catalyst for workers to review their priorities.
One man, Johathan Frostick told LinkedIn after he had a heart attack, Instead of thinking of his family, he thought, “This isn’t convenient.”
Reflecting on his experiences, he shared the following:
“1. I’m not spending all day on zoom anymore
2. I’m restructuring my approach to work
3. I’m really not going to be putting up with any s#%t at work ever again — life literally is too short
4. I’m losing 15kg
5. I want every day to count for something at work else I’m changing my role
6. I want to spend more time with my family”
His post went viral, and I can see why. It took a heart attack for him to realise what was important to him. Imagine thinking as you’re having a heart attack, “this is inconvenient”. I wonder if we were honest with ourselves, how many of us would have similar thoughts.
We get caught up with our hectic lives, without stopping to think whether what we are doing is of any value. We tend to fit our lives around everyone else, rather than living a life that we…
